Help! I am trying to find terminology that I read somewhere in Shakespeare that refer to the different degrees of courtly response to insults--the first being    to ignore, the next being to laugh it off, then disagree congenially, then to take offense, on down to slapping the offender,and to dueling to the death.--I culled through all the places that I thought were likely--but haven't come up with anything--any assistance will be greatly appreciated!

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I think this belongs in the Folklore category.
-Joe Offer-