honorable.
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
Meaning & usage
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
Worthy of respect; respectable.
Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
Where this word comes from
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.
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