to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison. • The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society. • Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.
pillar of society|pillar|society
n. phr. A leading figure who contributes to the support and the well-being of his/her society; a person of irreproachable character. Mrs. Brown, the director of our classical symphony fund, is a true pillar of society.
mutual admiration society
mutual admiration society A relationship in which two people have strong feelings of esteem for each other and often exchange lavish compliments. The term may signify either genuine or pretended admiration, as in Each of them praised the other's book—it was a real mutual admiration society. The expression was invented by Henry David Thoreau in his journal (1851) and repeated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.
Prominent in fashionable society, implying abundance and position. The appellation dates from the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s and was acclimated as the appellation of a accepted blur of 1956, starring Grace Kelly (in her aftermost acting role), Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and others, and featuring some songs by Cole Porter. Learn added upper crust.Learn more: high, societyLearn more:
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