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   honourable

   /ˈɒn(ə)rəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. bringing or deserving honour: "this is the only honourable course" Similar morally correcthonestmoralethicalprincipledrighteousright-mindedfull of integritydecentrespectedrespectablevenerablevirtuousgoodupstandinguprightworthynoblehigh-principledfairjusttruthfultrustworthytrustylaw-abidingincorruptiblereliablereputabledependablefaithfulillustriousdistinguishedeminentgreatadmirablegloriousprestigiousnoblenotablecreditablerenownedesteemedOpposite dishonourablecrookeddeplorable
   • ▪ (of the intentions of a man courting a woman) directed towards marriage: formal, humorous "the young man's intentions had been honourable"
   • 2. used as a title for certain high officials, the children of certain ranks of the nobility, and MPs: "the Honourable Alan Simpson, US Senator"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin honorabilis, from honor ‘honour’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. honourableness noun
   • 2. honourably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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