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honorabledeserving respect and admiration for having good personal qualities or high moral standards

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: deserving respect and admiration for having good personal qualities or high moral standards

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈɑːnərəbl/

Example Sentences

  • The honorable student returned the test answers he found on the floor to the teacher.
  • My cat thinks eating my homework is an honorable way to help me skip school.
  • The honorable mayor decided to donate his salary to charity.

honorable

ADJECTIVE

[/ˈɑːnərəbl/]

deserving respect and admiration for having good personal qualities or high moral standards

deserving respect and admiration for having good personal qualities or high moral standards
💡 Concept

deserving respect and admiration for having good personal qualities or high moral standards

An honorable hero makes deplorable corruption memorable!
🎵 Rhyme

An honorable hero makes deplorable corruption memorable!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈɑːnərəbl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈɒnərəbl/

🌳Etymology

Roothonor
Suffix--able

🎵Rhyme

adorabledeplorablememorable
adorable
deplorable
memorable

🔗Collocations

honorable mention
honorable discharge
honorable judge
honorable intentions
honorable gentleman
honorable defeat

📝Examples

The honorable student returned the test answers he found on the floor to the teacher.

😄 Fun example

My cat thinks eating my homework is an honorable way to help me skip school.

The honorable mayor decided to donate his salary to charity.

😄 Fun example

He claimed that stealing candy from babies was an honorable profession in his family.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

respectablenobledignifiedvirtuousupright

Antonyms

dishonorableshamefuldisgraceful

Related

honorhonestyintegritymoralityethics

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