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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Fesse :: Fesse (n.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries..
Ore :: Ore (n.) Honor; grace; favor; mercy; clemency; happy augry.
Barter :: Barter (v. t.) To trade or exchange in the way of barter; to exchange (frequently for an unworthy consideration); to traffic; to truck; -- sometimes followed by away; as, to barter away goods or honor..
Disgradation :: Disgradation (n.) Degradation; a stripping of titles and honors.
Preferment :: Preferment (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church..
Blood :: Blood (n.) Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage..
Cenotaph :: Cenotaph (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.
Credit :: Credit (v. t.) To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
Bard :: Bard (n.) A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men..
Rouse :: Rouse (n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.
Time-honored :: Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance..
Escort :: Escort (n.) To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to; -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as, to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon..
Eclipse :: Eclipse (v. t.) To obscure, darken, or extinguish the beauty, luster, honor, etc., of; to sully; to cloud; to throw into the shade by surpassing..
Worship :: Worship (a.) Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station..
Disingenuous :: Disingenuous (a.) Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes..
Gardenia :: Gardenia (n.) A genus of plants, some species of which produce beautiful and fragrant flowers; Cape jasmine; -- so called in honor of Dr. Alexander Garden..
Triumpher :: Triumpher (n.) One who was honored with a triumph; a victor.
Honesty :: Honesty (a.) Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.
Eleusinian :: Eleusinian (a.) Pertaining to Eleusis, in Greece, or to secret rites in honor of Ceres, there celebrated; as, Eleusinian mysteries or festivals..
Order :: Order (n.) A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order..
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