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Honourable
1/ ˈɒnrəbəl; ˈɒnərəbəl /
adjective
- the Honourablethe Honourable prenominal a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another Hon
honourable
2/ ˈɒnrəbəl; ˈɒnərəbəl /
adjective
- possessing or characterized by high principles
honourable intentions
- worthy of or entitled to honour or esteem
- consistent with or bestowing honour
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Derived Forms
- ˈhonourableness, noun
- ˈhonourably, adverb
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Example Sentences
Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
Why should not Aristide, past master in drumming, find an honourable position in the orchestra of the Tournée Gulland?
I like you the better, Mr Allcraft, for your scruples: you are an honourable man, sir.
In all letters which the son writes to his father he uses the most exalted titles and honourable phrases he can imagine.
Once satisfied that it was just and honourable, and it was comparatively child's work to arrange the modus operandi.
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