Formality and Honor

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Formality noun - An act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners.

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Honor and formality are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Honor" instead a noun "Formality".

Nearby Words: form, formal, formalize, formalise, formalized

Honor noun - Faithfulness to high moral standards.

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Formality and honor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formality" instead a noun "Honor".

Nearby Words: honour, honorable, honored, honoured, honorably

She apparently believes that saying "yes" counts as bond of honor, even if she changes her mind an hour later, and the actual marriage is just a formality.

Source: Literature / Tarzan of the Apes
The whole thing is her idea more than anybody else's, and there's enough Les Yay between her and Honor to suggest that, for them, the marriage is not merely a formality.

Source: Polyamory
After that, winning the Medal of Honor was a formality.

Source: Memetic Badass / Real Life

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