noblesse oblige - translation to greek
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noblesse oblige - translation to greek

CONCEPT THAT NOBILITY CONFERS SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Noblis oblige; Noblesse obligé; Noblesse Oblige; Nobless oblige; Nobility obligates; Nobility obliges; Noblese oblige
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noblesse oblige

Definition

noblesse oblige
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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Wikipedia

Noblesse oblige

Noblesse oblige (; French: [nɔblɛs ɔbliʒ]; literally “nobility obliges”) is a French expression that retains in English the meaning that nobility extends beyond mere entitlement, requiring people who hold such status to fulfill social responsibilities. For example, a primary obligation of a nobleman could include generosity towards those around him. As those who lived on the nobles' land had obligations to the nobility, the nobility had obligations to their people, including protection at the least.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term suggests "noble ancestry constrains to honourable behaviour; privilege entails responsibility." The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française defines it thus:

  1. Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly.
  2. (Figuratively) One must act in a fashion that conforms to one's position and privileges with which one has been born, bestowed and/or has earned.

OED and others cite the source of the phrase as Maxims (1808) by Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of Lévis.

Examples of use of noblesse oblige
1. Noblesse oblige ... Let no one deny Prince Harry‘s courage.
2. A bit of noblesse oblige might not have gone amiss.
3. "I don‘t remember my parents ever giving us a noblesse oblige speech," he said.
4. Was he planting campaign seeds, despite himself, or was he simply exercising a little noblesse oblige?
5. The prince, he gleaned, invented the concept of noblesse oblige before he had whiskers.