break one's word

And it's downright wicked to break one's word.

"One ought never to break one's word," he remarked to Gourgaud, "and I despise traitors."

"One ought never to break one's word," he remarked to Gourgaud, "and I despise traitors."

One of these—pride in appearing not to need to break one's word, he supposes too rare to be presumed upon.

To break one's word, or in any way degrade one's race.