HONORABLE

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8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak.

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High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

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Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive. Is this proceeding just and honorable Shak.

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Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds. Honorable wounds from battle brought. Dryden.

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Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4.

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Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial.

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Of reputable association or use; respectable. Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. Shak.

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An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

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