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noblesse oblige

no·blesse o·blige [ nō blèss ə bl ]


noun 
Definition:
 
notion of aristocratic responsibilities: the idea that people born into the nobility or upper social classes must behave in an honorable and generous way toward those less privileged

[< French, "nobility obliges"]
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