honourable
adjective
possessing or characterized by high principles
honourably
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a word derived from
honourable.
Example Sentences
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Mr DeSantis was honourably discharged from the military in 2010, although he continues to serve in the US Navy reserve.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2022
Jurors accepted prosecutors' argument that Webster had "spearheaded" an attack on police lines and that he was responsible for "disgracing a democracy that he once fought honourably to protect and serve".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
Aged 21 in 1947, Collins was honourably released from his service.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2021
And we will have missed an opportunity provided by those now honourably calling for free speech if we do not continue to indict the world their speech has made.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2020
Miss Birdseye is a subordinate figure in the Bostonians, and after appearing in the first and second numbers vanishes till toward the end, where she re-enters, briefly, and pathetically and honourably dies.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by Henry James
