honor
honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
a source of credit or distinction: to be an honor to one's family.
high respect, as for worth, merit, or rank: to be held in honor.
such respect manifested: a memorial in honor of the dead.
the privilege of being associated with or receiving a favor from a respected person, group, organization, etc.: I had the honor of serving on the Pulitzer Prize jury. It is an honor to introduce this evening's speaker.
Usually honors. evidence, as a special ceremony, decoration, scroll, or title, of high rank, dignity, or distinction: political honors;military honors.
Honor, a deferential title of respect, especially for judges and mayors (preceded by His, Her, Your, etc.).
honors,
special rank or distinction conferred by a university, college, or school upon a student for eminence in scholarship or success in some particular subject.
an advanced course of study for superior students.: Compare honors course.
especially historically, chastity or purity in a woman.
Also called honor card. Cards.
Bridge. any of the five highest trump cards, as an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten in the trump suit, or any of the four aces in a no-trump contract.: Compare honor trick.
Whist. any of the four highest trump cards, as an ace, king, queen, or jack in the trump suit.
Golf. the privilege of teeing off before the other player or side, given after the first hole to the player or side that won the previous hole.
to hold in honor or high respect; revere: to honor one's parents.
to treat with honor.
to confer honor or distinction upon: The university honored her with its leadership award.
to worship, glorify, or serve (a deity): Believers honor Hanuman as the embodiment of strength and courage.May he grow to be a man who loves and honors God.
to show a courteous regard for: to honor an invitation.
Commerce. to accept or pay (a draft, check, etc.): All credit cards are honored here.
to accept as valid and conform to the request or demands of (an official document).
(in square dancing) to meet or salute with a bow.
of, relating to, or noting honor.
Idioms about honor
be on / upon one's honor, to accept and acknowledge personal responsibility for one's actions: West Point cadets are on their honor not to cheat on an exam.
do honor to,
to show respect to.
to be a credit to: Such good students would do honor to any teacher.
do the honors, to serve or preside as host, as in introducing people, or carving or serving at table: Father did the honors at the family Thanksgiving dinner.
Origin of honor
1- Also especially British, hon·our .
synonym study For honor
Other words for honor
Opposites for honor
Other words from honor
- hon·or·er, noun
- hon·or·less, adjective
- o·ver·hon·or, verb (used with object)
- re·hon·or, verb (used with object)
- self-hon·ored, adjective
- un·hon·ored, adjective
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How to use honor in a sentence
They are afflicted with “progressive spiritual emptiness,” he said, which no amount of academic honors and degrees can fill.
Pope Francis Denounces the Vatican Elite’s 'Spiritual Alzheimer’s' | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt various times, we had spoken about honors--Hitchcock had been awarded the Légion d'Honneur and wore a ribbon in his lapel.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was, I have to say, at the bottom of the hierarchy of royal honors, a British Empire Medal.
She was hosting, along with Bill, the annual gathering for the Kennedy Center Honors.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther countries will be identified and recruitment efforts put in place once we launch our new honors program fall 2015.
He passed through all the honors of the law, and in 1836 became lord chancellor.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellHe never attended school a single day of his life, yet gradually rose by his own efforts to the highest military and civil honors.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellCavaill-Coll, during his long career, received from the Universal Expositions the highest honors.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerAfter receiving the honors of persecution, am I to expect the still greater one of martyrdom?
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe least opulent in the Academy were the first to reject his offers, and to prefer liberty to pensions and honors.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
British Dictionary definitions for honor
/ (ˈɒnə) /
the US spelling of honour
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with honor
In addition to the idiom beginning with honor
- honor bound
also see:
- do the honors
- in honor of
- on one's honor
- word of honor
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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