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   Hon·or·a·ble

   /ˈän(ə)r(ə)bəl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. bringing or worthy of honor: "this is the only honorable course" Similar morally correcthonestmoralethicalprincipledrighteousright-mindedfull of integritydecentrespectedrespectablevenerablevirtuousgoodupstandinguprightworthynoblehigh-principledfairjusttruthfultrustworthytrustylaw-abidingincorruptiblereliablereputabledependablefaithfulillustriousdistinguishedeminentgreatadmirablegloriousprestigiousnoblenotablecreditablerenownedesteemedOpposite dishonorablecrookeddeplorable
   • ▪ (of the intentions of a man courting a woman) directed toward marriage: formal, humorous "the young man's intentions had been honorable"
   • 2. used as a title indicating eminence or distinction, given especially to judges and certain high officials: "the Honorable Richard Morris Esquire, chief justice of the supreme court of our state"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin honorabilis, from honor ‘honor’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. honorableness noun
   • 2. honorably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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