ADJECTIVE | all | honourable, honorable | worthy of being honored |
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all | honourable, ethical, honorable | adhering to ethical and moral ... / moral principles |
Meaning | worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect. | |
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Synonym | honorable | |
Attribute of | honorableness, honourableness | The quality of deserving honor or respect |
Narrower | august, revered, venerable | profoundly honored |
laureate | worthy of the greatest honor / honor or distinction | |
time-honored, time-honoured | honored because of age or long usage | |
See also | honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
just | Used especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting | |
moral | concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles | |
noble | Having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character | |
reputable | Having a good reputation | |
worthy | Having worth or merit or value | |
Opposite | dishonorable, dishonourable | lacking honor or integrity |
Spanish | honorable, honorífico, honrado | |
Catalan | honorable | |
Nouns | honourableness | the quality of deserving honor or respect |
Meaning | adhering to ethical and moral ... / moral principles. | |
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Synonyms | ethical, honorable | |
Broader | right | In conformance with justice or law or morality |
Spanish | honorable, honrado, justo, recto | |
Catalan | honorable, honrat, just, recte | |
Nouns | honourableness | the quality of deserving honor or respect |
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