The Dictionnaire de l'Académie française defines Noblesse oblige as:

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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.

CONTENTS

• 1Meaning and variants
• 2History and examples
• 3Critique
• 4See also
• 5References
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