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meindnoch10/11/20242 repliesview on HN

It doesn't mean anything, because it is wrong. The correct idiom is "death before dishonor", which means that one would choose death instead of doing something disgraceful/shameful.


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superb_dev10/11/2024

That doesn’t make sense in the context

DoctorOetker10/12/2024

it could also be read as in case a (bi- or uni-lateral) agreement is dishonored.