honor system

Other forms: honor systems

Definitions of honor system
  1. noun
    a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others
    “the students are on the honor system”
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    type of:
    system, system of rules
    a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
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