honorable betydelser och definitioner

Deserving or winning honor and respect: led an honorable life.

Bringing distinction or recognition: honorable service to one's nation.

Possessing and characterized by honor: an honorable person.

Consistent with honor or good name: followed the only honorable course of action.

Distinguished; illustrious: this honorable gathering of scholars.

Attended by marks of recognition and honor: received an honorable burial.

Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials: The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.

Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.