HONOUR

honor, honour, purity, pureness

(noun) a woman’s virtue or chastity

honor, honour

(noun) the quality of being honorable and having a good name; “a man of honor”

award, accolade, honor, honour, laurels

(noun) a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction; “an award for bravery”

honor, honour, laurels

(noun) the state of being honored

honor, honour

(verb) accept as pay; “we honor checks and drafts”

respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe

(verb) show respect towards; “honor your parents!”

honor, honour, reward

(verb) bestow honor or rewards upon; “Today we honor our soldiers”; “The scout was rewarded for courageous action”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Honour

A female given name from English, a less common spelling of Honor.

Noun

honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)

British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

Antonyms

• dishonour

Verb

honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)

British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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