honor

noun

hon·or | \ ˈä-nər

Definition of honor

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a : good name or public esteem : reputation

b : a showing of usually merited respect : recognition pay honor to our founder

2 : privilege had the honor of joining the captain for dinner

3 : a person of superior standing —now used especially as a title for a holder of high office if Your Honor please

4 : one whose worth brings respect or fame : credit an honor to the profession

5 : the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon

6 : an evidence or symbol of distinction: such as

a : an exalted title or rank

b(1) : badge, decoration

(2) : a ceremonial rite or observance buried with full military honors

c : an award in a contest or field of competition

d archaic : a gesture of deference : bow

e honors plural

(1) : an academic distinction conferred on a superior student

(2) : a course of study for superior students supplementing or replacing a regular course

7 : chastity, purity fought fiercely for her honor and her life— Barton Black

8a : a keen sense of ethical conduct : integrity a man of honor

b : one's word given as a guarantee of performance on my honor, I will be there

9 honors plural : social courtesies or civilities extended by a host asked her to do the honors

10a(1) : an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge

(2) : the scoring value of honors held in bridge —usually used in plural

b : the privilege of playing first from the tee in golf

honor

verb

hon·or | \ ˈä-nər

honored; honoring\ ˈä-nə-riŋ

, ˈän-riŋ \

Definition of honor (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to regard or treat (someone) with admiration and respect : to regard or treat with honor

b : to give special recognition to : to confer honor on

2a : to live up to or fulfill the terms of honor a commitment

b : to accept as payment honor a credit card

3 : to salute with a bow in square dancing

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Synonyms & Antonyms for honor

Synonyms: Noun

honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness

Synonyms: Verb

fete (or fête), recognize

Antonyms: Noun

baseness, dishonor, lowness

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Noun

honor, homage, reverence, deference mean respect and esteem shown to another. honor may apply to the recognition of one's right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition. the nomination is an honor homage adds the implication of accompanying praise. paying homage to Shakespeare reverence implies profound respect mingled with love, devotion, or awe. great reverence for my father deference implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence. showed no deference to their elders

synonyms see in addition honesty

Examples of honor in a Sentence

Noun

Many of the Persians, despite belonging to the Barbarian Other, come off with honor and dignity in his pages, even during the final narrative of Xerxes' invasion. — Peter Green, New York Review of Books, 15 May 2008 Whoever footed the bill, the episode gave Marsh a taste of the grand life she yearned for. Presiding at balls in her honor and making entrances at lavish picnics were distinctions she could never have dreamed of back home. — Edmund S. Morgan et al., New York Review of Books, 27 Sept. 2007 "As I was saying," he said, smiling at the sea of students before him, all of whom were still gazing transfixed at Mad-Eye Moody, "we are to have the honor of hosting a very exciting event over the coming months, an event that has not been held for over a century." — J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000 These people deserve to be treated with honor. The team brought honor to the school. The building was named in honor of the city's founder. He was prepared to fight to defend his family's honor. She has a keen sense of honor. He would not do it as a matter of honor. He's a man of honor. It was an honor to be invited.

Verb

Cape Ann, an hour's drive north of Boston, is far sleepier than the famous elbow that bounds the southern reach of Massachusetts Bay. … There aren't any schmaltzy songs about my granite cape, which was named to honor a queen, thank you very much. — Anita Diamant, National Geographic Traveler, September 2005 But by talking with hikers and trail builders in the years since, and tracing the history these stone piles carry with them, I would learn that cairns are more than just interesting curiosities. I would discover that cairns honor the dead, save lives, mark boundaries, protect vegetation, claim territory, and reflect the seasons. — Barbara Claire Kasselmann, AMC Outdoors, May 1999 Ricketts left for Mexico to study typhus in July of that year, where it killed him in 1910 at the age of thirty-nine. To honor his memory, the organisms that cause typhus and sundry spotted fevers were dubbed rickettsia in 1916

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