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honorable
CEFRB2
/ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Deserving respect because of being honest and fair.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailComplying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
Examples
You should do the honorable thing and resign.
I would prefer an honorable death.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 4
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsWorthy of respect; respectable.
Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
More examples
In contextThat culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners.
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.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.