NOBLESSE OBLIGE


Meaning of NOBLESSE OBLIGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noʊbles əbli:ʒ ]

Noblesse oblige is the idea that people with advantages, for example those of a high social class, should help and do things for other people. ( FORMAL )

They did so without hope of further profit and out of a sense of noblesse oblige.

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