Honor
['ɒnə(r)] or [ˈɑnər]
Definition
(noun.) a woman's virtue or chastity.
(noun.) the quality of being honorable and having a good name; 'a man of honor'.
(noun.) the state of being honored.
(verb.) accept as pay; 'we honor checks and drafts'.
(verb.) bestow honor or rewards upon; 'Today we honor our soldiers'; 'The scout was rewarded for courageous action'.
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Definition
(n.) Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
(n.) That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
(n.) A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
(n.) That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.
(n.) Fame; reputation; credit.
(n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors.
(n.) A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
(n.) A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.
(n.) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
(n.) Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.
(n.) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors.
(n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.
(n.) To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
(n.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
Typist: Ludwig
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Reputation, repute, fame, consideration, esteem, credit, glory, good name.[2]. Dignity, distinction, elevation, high rank, distinguished position.[3]. Veneration, reverence, respect, homage, deference, civility.[4]. Integrity, probity, honesty, magnanimity, high-mindedness, nobleness of mind, manly virtue.[5]. Nice sense of right or justice.[6]. Ornament, boast.
v. a. [1]. Dignify, exalt, glorify, raise to distinction.[2]. Reverence, revere, venerate, respect, pay respect to, pay deference to, render honor to.[3]. Commemorate, celebrate, observe, keep.[4]. (Com.) Accept and pay (a draft).
Typist: Phil
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Respect, reverence, nobility, dignity, eminence, reputation, fame,high-mindedness, spirit, selfrespect, renown, grandeur, esteem
ANT:Disrespect, contempt, irreverence, slight, obscurity, degradation, disgrace,abasement, demoralization, cowardice, dishonor, infamy
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Examples
- Now, Handel, I am quite free from the flavor of sour grapes, upon my soul and honor! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Well, I won't go to any more of their cursed nonsense, Tom, said St. Clare; on my honor, I won't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Give us a couple of hundreds--come, that's modest--and I'll go away--honor bright! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was dined at the H?tel de Ville, given the Legion of Honor, and money was subscribed for a monument to mark the place near Calais where he commenced his flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Pip is that hearty welcome, said Joe, to go free with his services, to honor and fortun', as no words can tell him. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- May I have the honor? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It's a sad picter, to reflect that she's no longer equal to fully understanding the honor. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Great as was the work of Prof. Henry, he must share the honors with a number of prior inventors who made the electro-magnet possible. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I beg your Honors to read the testimony of Mr. Clarke in the light of the anecdote of the pickerel and the roach. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had several years to enjoy his profits and honors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He has just been decorated and awarded high honors by the French Government. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No wonder that they were soon sold all over the world, and that monarchs and people hastened to heap honors on the inventors. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Now your Honors both know how a pickerel loves a red roach, and I have no doubt you will remember that he is a fish of a very low forehead and an unlimited appetite. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bacon believed in honoring the great discoverers and inventors, and advocated maintaining a calendar of inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Some of the best and most honored women I know were poor girls, but so love-worthy that they were not allowed to be old maids. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They met the French President, the Kaiser, the King of England, and the King of Spain, and they were dined and publicly honored in all the great capitals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The building had to be long, because the grave of the honored old navigator is two hundred and ten feet long itself! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Ah, I am honored, said Professor Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Where are the doubts that should have honored these investigations, the frank statement of all the gaps in knowledge, and the obscurities in morals? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The inventor found himself universally honored, and at last a very wealthy man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She would feel honored--cheered, I think, by the proof that you at least have some respect for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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