honorable

[Hon·or*a*ble]

The word honorable has to do with people and actions that are honest, fair, and worthy of respect.

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Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

Adjective
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight"

Adjective
showing or characterized by honor and integrity; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"

Adjective S.
deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family''s good name"

Adjective S.
adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"; "had the moral courage to stand alone"

Adjective S.
used as a title of respect; "my honorable colleague"; "our worthy commanding officer"

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a.
Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

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High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

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Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.

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Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

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Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.

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Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.

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Of reputable association or use; respectable.

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An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

Honorable

Hon"or*a*ble , a. [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.] 1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

Thy name and honorable family.

2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.

Is this proceeding just and honorable?

4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

Honorable wounds from battle brought.

5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.

Marriage is honorable in all.

6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial. 7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.

Let her descend: my chambers are honorable.

8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman. &hand; Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors. Right honorable. See under Right.

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

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Usage Examples

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy.

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.

Because wherever I am today, I still owe it to God and I owe it to two men - the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X and of course, two very special women, my mother and my wife.

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Other Usage Examples

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.

I trust the time is coming, when the occupation of an instructor to children will be deemed the most honorable of human employment.