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n; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii. 57.

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

The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor. The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak. Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden.

A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars. S. Longfellow.

Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay.

One who honors.

Conferring honor; tending to honor. London. Spectator.

Destitute of honor; not honored. Bp. Warburton.

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach. It was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor. Ezra iv. 14. His honor rooted in dishonor stood. Tennyson.

Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity. Milton.

A speaking machine.

Honored for a long time; venerable, and worthy of honor, by reason of antiquity, or long continuance.

A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

a denial; a renunciation. With abnegation of God, of his honor, and of religion, they may retain the friendship of the court. Knox.

when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

To dishonor. "Shall flight abuse your name" Shak.

that which is accumulated; as, an accumulation of earth, of sand, of evils, of wealth, of honors.