Namus

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Namus
Namus is an ethical category, a virtue, in Middle Eastern Muslim patriarchal character. It is a strongly gender-specific category of relations within a family described in terms of honor, attention, respect/respectability, and modesty. The term is often translated as "honor".The notion of Namus is known in but not restricted to the Muslim world; it was known also, for example, in Armenia (see section "In arts").
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namus
n. honor, honour [Brit.], honesty, decency, purity, virginity, virtue


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Namus
[Islamic] "Law". The sacred law which Muhammad and before him Musa, received from God through an angel, who is sometimes also called Namus.

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namus
"honour; good name; rectitude; honesty"

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