Meaning

5 senses
  1. (US)Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.

  2. (US)Worthy of respect; respectable.

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    благоро́дныйblagoródnyj, уважа́емыйuvažájemyj, почте́нныйpočténnyj

    благоро́днийblahoródnyj, шляхе́тнийšljaxétnyj, поважа́нийpovažányj

    worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

  3. (US)Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.

    That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.

  4. (US)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.

  5. (US)A courtesy title, given in the United Kingdom to all sons and daughters of viscounts and barons and to the younger sons of earls.

Examples

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  1. I'm certain your intentions are honorable.

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  2. An honorable death is better than a shameful life.

    deEin ehrenvoller Tod ist besser als ein Leben in Schande.

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  3. In our society, there are both honorable people and swindlers.

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  4. Tom has honorable intentions.

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  5. My intentions were honorable.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābil

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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Forms

more honorable, most honorable
Comparativemore honorable Lesson
Superlativemost honorable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

22 synonyms
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Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

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