honour

[honour]

Bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageus action"

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Noun
a woman''s virtue or chastity

Noun
the quality of being honorable and having a good name; "a man of honor"

Noun
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; "an award for bravery"

Noun
the state of being honored

Verb
accept as pay; "we honor checks and drafts"

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Verb
show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

Verb
bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageus action"


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Usage Examples

Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously.

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.

There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers.

It is in Rousseau's writing above all that history begins to turn from upper-class honour to middle-class humanitarianism. Pity, sympathy and compassion lie at the centre of his moral vision. Values associated with the feminine begin to infiltrate social existence as a whole, rather than being confined to the domestic sphere.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion.

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God.

Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.

He's a legend and I respect his work, so I went down and paid my respects when Charlton was on the set. He was nice but I think he lied a little. He said it was an honour to be in a movie with me, but I don't believe it.

I'm very conscious that I want the dance audience to respond and respect what I'm doing, so I'm always very true to the music and I honour the music in the way I see it - I don't mess around with the music.

But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

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