Honor Meaning
/ˈɒn.ə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounRecognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
nounThe state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
Sentence Examples
The more danger, the more honor.
The students cheered in honor of Dr. Baker's birthday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We will ____ our brave soldiers with a special ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It was a great ____ for him to be invited to speak at the national conference this year.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor. Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”). The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:57:
"And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name."
— 1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Stanza X”, in Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 14:
"Prothean: Those who share my purpose become allies. Those who do not become casualties.
Shepard: Nothing in our fight against the Reapers has been that cut-and-dried.
Prothean: Because you still have hope that this war will end with your honor intact.
Shepard: I do.
Prothean: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
Prothean: The silence is your answer."
— 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
"their funeral honours"
— 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"The lorde of the honour or manour"
— 1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, Book of Surveying:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
We will ____ our brave soldiers with a special ceremony.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It was a great ____ for him to be invited to speak at the national conference this year.