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honorable
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Honorable
(gcide) | Honorable \Hon"or*a*ble\ ([o^]n"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [F.
honorable, L. honorabilis.]
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded;
estimable; illustrious.
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Thy name and honorable family. --Shak.
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2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a
scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
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3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed
to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair;
as, an honorable motive.
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Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak.
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4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
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Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden.
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5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended;
consistent with honor or rectitude.
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Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii.
4.
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6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with
testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.
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7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
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Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak.
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8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable
Senate; the honorable gentleman.
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Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English
usage upon the younger children of earls and all the
children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor,
lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and
Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage,
it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those
who hold, or have held, any of the higher public
offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or
of the Senate, mayors, and often also extended to lower
officials, such as city council members.
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Right honorable. See under Right.
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honorable
(wn) | honorable
adj 1: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or
fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn:
honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable]
2: worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an
honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service
to his country" [syn: honorable, honourable] [ant:
dishonorable, dishonourable]
3: adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical
and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"
[syn: ethical, honorable, honourable]
4: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies
give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn:
estimable, good, honorable, respectable] |
honorable
(devil) | HONORABLE, adj. Afflicted with an impediment in one's reach. In
legislative bodies it is customary to mention all members as
honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur."
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dishonorable
(encz) | dishonorable,hanebný adj: lukedishonorable,nečestný adj: luke |
dishonorable discharge
(encz) | dishonorable discharge, n: |
dishonorableness
(encz) | dishonorableness, n: |
honorable mention
(encz) | honorable mention,čestné uznání n: Zdeněk Brož |
honorableness
(encz) | honorableness, |
Amende honorable
(gcide) | Amende \A`mende"\, n. [F. See Amend.]
A pecuniary punishment or fine; a reparation or recantation.
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Amende honorable. (Old French Law) A species of infamous
punishment in which the offender, being led into court
with a rope about his neck, and a lighted torch in his
hand, begged pardon of his God, the court, etc. In popular
language, the phrase now denotes a public apology or
recantation, and reparation to an injured party, for
improper language or treatment.
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Dishonorable
(gcide) | Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]
1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving
dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the
reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
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2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.
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He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in
poverty! --Ecclus. x.
31.
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To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak.
-- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.
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Dishonorableness
(gcide) | Dishonorable \Dis*hon"or*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]shonorable.]
1. Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving
dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the
reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base.
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2. Wanting in honor or esteem; disesteemed.
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He that is dishonorable in riches, how much more in
poverty! --Ecclus. x.
31.
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To find ourselves dishonorable graves. --Shak.
-- Dis*hon"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Dis*hon"or*a*bly, adv.
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Honorable
(gcide) | Honorable \Hon"or*a*ble\ ([o^]n"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [F.
honorable, L. honorabilis.]
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded;
estimable; illustrious.
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Thy name and honorable family. --Shak.
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2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a
scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
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3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed
to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair;
as, an honorable motive.
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Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak.
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4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
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Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden.
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5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended;
consistent with honor or rectitude.
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Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii.
4.
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6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with
testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.
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7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
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Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak.
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8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable
Senate; the honorable gentleman.
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Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English
usage upon the younger children of earls and all the
children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor,
lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and
Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage,
it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those
who hold, or have held, any of the higher public
offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or
of the Senate, mayors, and often also extended to lower
officials, such as city council members.
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Right honorable. See under Right.
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Honorableness
(gcide) | Honorableness \Hon"or*a*ble*ness\, n.
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.
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2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral
rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
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Right honorable
(gcide) | Honorable \Hon"or*a*ble\ ([o^]n"[~e]r*[.a]*b'l), a. [F.
honorable, L. honorabilis.]
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded;
estimable; illustrious.
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Thy name and honorable family. --Shak.
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2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a
scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
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3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed
to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair;
as, an honorable motive.
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Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak.
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4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
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Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden.
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5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended;
consistent with honor or rectitude.
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Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii.
4.
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6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with
testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.
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7. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
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Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak.
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8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable
Senate; the honorable gentleman.
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Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English
usage upon the younger children of earls and all the
children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor,
lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and
Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage,
it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those
who hold, or have held, any of the higher public
offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or
of the Senate, mayors, and often also extended to lower
officials, such as city council members.
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Right honorable. See under Right.
[1913 Webster]Right \Right\, adv.
1. In a right manner.
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2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway;
immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went
right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right
after the guide.
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Unto Dian's temple goeth she right. --Chaucer.
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Let thine eyes look right on. --Prov. iv.
25.
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Right across its track there lay,
Down in the water, a long reef of gold. --Tennyson.
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3. Exactly; just. [Obs. or Colloq.]
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Came he right now to sing a raven's note? --Shak.
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4. According to the law or will of God; conforming to the
standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live
right; to judge right.
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5. According to any rule of art; correctly.
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You with strict discipline instructed right.
--Roscommon.
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6. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really;
correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right. "Right at
mine own cost." --Chaucer.
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Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. --Chaucer.
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His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught.
--Fairfax.
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7. In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely;
highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant. "He
was not right fat". --Chaucer.
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For which I should be right sorry. --Tyndale.
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[I] return those duties back as are right fit.
--Shak.
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Note: In this sense now chiefly prefixed to titles; as, right
honorable; right reverend.
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Right honorable, a title given in England to peers and
peeresses, to the eldest sons and all daughters of such
peers as have rank above viscounts, and to all privy
councilors; also, to certain civic officers, as the lord
mayor of London, of York, and of Dublin.
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Note: Right is used in composition with other adverbs, as
upright, downright, forthright, etc.
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Right along, without cessation; continuously; as, to work
right along for several hours. [Colloq. U.S.]
Right away, or Right off, at once; straightway; without
delay. [Colloq. U.S.] "We will . . . shut ourselves up in
the office and do the work right off." --D. Webster.
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Unhonorable
(gcide) | Unhonorable \Unhonorable\
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dishonorable
(wn) | dishonorable
adj 1: lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor;
"dishonorable in thought and deed" [syn: dishonorable,
dishonourable] [ant: honorable, honourable]
2: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or
deceive [syn: dishonest, dishonorable] [ant: honest,
honorable] |
dishonorable discharge
(wn) | dishonorable discharge
n 1: a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as
sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
dishonorableness
(wn) | dishonorableness
n 1: the quality of not deserving honor or respect [syn:
dishonorableness, dishonourableness] [ant:
honorableness, honourableness] |
honorable discharge
(wn) | honorable discharge
n 1: a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
honorable mention
(wn) | honorable mention
n 1: an official recognition of merit; "although he didn't win
the prize he did get special mention" [syn: mention,
honorable mention] |
honorableness
(wn) | honorableness
n 1: the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by
honor [syn: honorableness, honourableness] [ant:
dishonorableness, dishonourableness] |
AMENDE HONORABLE
(bouvier) | AMENDE HONORABLE, English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of
disgrace or infamy, as a punishment for any offence, or for the purpose of
making reparation for any injury done to another, as the walking into church
in a white sheet, with a rope about the neck, and a torch in the hand, and
begging the pardon of God, or the king, or any private individual, for some
delinquency.
2. A punishment somewhat similar to this, and which bore the same
name, was common in France; it was abolished by the law of the 25th of
September, 1791. Merlin Rep. de Jur. h.'t.
3. For the form of a sentence of amende horrorable, see D'Agaesseau,
Oeuvres, 43 Plaidoyer, tom. 4, p. 246.
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