Definition of honor

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Honor (n.) A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors..

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High-minded :: High-minded (a.) Having, or characterized by, honorable pride; of or pertaining to elevated principles and feelings; magnanimous; -- opposed to mean..
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Mirza :: Mirza (n.) The common title of honor in Persia, prefixed to the surname of an individual. When appended to the surname, it signifies Prince..
Dan :: Dan (n.) A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir..
Precedency :: Precedency (n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners..
Backwards :: Backwards (adv.) From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin..
Credit :: Credit (v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
Doxology :: Doxology (n.) In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation.
Strumstrum :: Strumpet (v. t.) To dishonor with the reputation of being a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander..
Preferment :: Preferment (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible; as, lost to shame; lost to all sense of honor..
Venerate :: Venerate (v. t.) To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders..
State :: State (n.) Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate..
Sergeanty :: Sergeanty (n.) Tenure of lands of the crown by an honorary kind of service not due to any lord, but to the king only..
Affair :: Affair (n.) Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue..
Well-intentioned :: Well-intentioned (a.) Having upright intentions or honorable purposes.
Worship :: Worship (v. t.) To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
Coronet :: Coronet (n.) An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown..
Repute :: Repute (n.) Specifically: Good character or reputation; credit or honor derived from common or public opinion; -- opposed to disrepute.
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