honor

Meaning

1. Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
2. The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
3. A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.
4. A privilege (which honors the person experiencing it).
5. The privilege of going first.
6. The privilege of going first.
7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
8. A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
9. The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
10. In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
11. (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.

honour

respect

admire

show respect

treat respectfully

social obligation

high reputation

make comfortable

graduation certificate

love dearly

comply with

be glad

propriety

renowned deed

award a decoration to

award a mark of honor

make proud

sense of duty

think highly of

making great

treat with courtesy

yearn for

do homage

hold in esteem

pay tribute

treat well

debt of gratitude

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒn.ə/

From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”) (see mensk). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

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