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by meindnoch 619 days ago
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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That doesn’t make sense in the context
it could also be read as in case a (bi- or uni-lateral) agreement is dishonored.