Honorable
['ɑnərəbəl]
Definition
(adj.) worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; 'an honorable man'; 'led an honorable life'; 'honorable service to his country' .
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
(a.) High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
(a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
(a.) Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
(a.) Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
(a.) Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.
(a.) Of reputable association or use; respectable.
(a.) An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Illustrious, noble, great, of high rank.[2]. Upright, just, honest, fair, trustworthy, trusty, true, conscientious, virtuous, magnanimous, high-minded, as good as one's word.[3]. Reputable, creditable, estimable, right, proper, equitable.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:High-minded, upright,[See FALLIBLE]
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In legislative bodies it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as 'the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur. '
Typist: Yvette
Examples
- My father was the mayor of the village and an honorable man. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I hold it the most honorable work that is. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Are the honorable, the just, the high-minded and compassionate, the majority anywhere in this world? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I don't mean by your honorable self, Mr. Brooke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This guarantee, with a chance to obtain the money back if the purchase was unsatisfactory, was a new idea, and appealed to every one as a most sincere and honorable way of doing business. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- My mother was an honorable woman and a good Catholic and they shot her with my father because of the politics of my father who was a Republican. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Not a statesman with the honorable record of Lord Holdhurst? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I feel it as a wery high compliment, sir; it's a wery honorable thing to them, as they knows how to reward merit werever they meets it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Sir James is a good, honorable man, said Dorothea, warmly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wild as I was in those days, I was too honorable to deceive a woman. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No, answered Dorothea; Mr. Casaubon has always avoided dwelling on his own honorable actions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- A more honorable man never transacted business. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ah, there's no place like home, sighed the Honorable Mrs Dengelton sentimentally. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A good fellow, a skilled hand, fond of us, and enthusiastic and honorable. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I would not have accepted the position if I had not meant to make it useful and honorable. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She was a very generous, honorable woman, said Will, almost angrily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Of course, in a community so organized, what can a man of honorable and humane feelings do, but shut his eyes all he can, and harden his heart? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In its honorable sense, knowledge is distinguished from opinion, guesswork, speculation, and mere tradition. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Davy wrote to his mother that this was as honorable as any scientific appointment in the kingdom, with an income of at least five hundred pounds a year. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I am sure he is an honorable, straightforward fellow. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The physicians and the sons of physicians ha ve borne a particularly honorable part in the advancement of physical as well as mental science. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- During this vacation my father received a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Other men have managed to win an honorable position for themselves without family or money. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- We have been pursuing a valuable object by honorable means, and I trust that all our measures have been such as reason and virtue must justify. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There would be some pleasure in voting for a gentleman who speaks in that honorable manner. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is an honorable name! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- And that will make it all the more honorable, said Dorothea, ardently. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Yvette