honor bound

idiom

: bound by one's sense of honor or what is morally right

I felt honor bound to defend them.

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Robyn Denholm, the chair of the Tesla board, argues that since March 2018 investors have earned a return of more than 1,000 percent because of Mr. Musk’s leadership, and that the company is honor bound to give him what he was promised. —