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Honorable

//ˈɒnəɹəbl̩//

Definitions

adjmore honorable · most honorable

1
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
2
Worthy of respect; respectable.
In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.
Similar
noble venerable
3
Alternative letter-case form of honorable.

nounhonorables

1
A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
These included a reception for the Congress participants, given by the city of Barcelona in a 14th century palace, with guards making room for the mayor and other honorables, […]

Word Origin

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + ...

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