Honour

Alternative forms

 * honor

Etymology
From honur:, from  honor:, from  honor:.

Noun

 * 1) High rank or respect.
 * 2) * 1902 CE: Dr. Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible
 * Book 60, 1 Peter, 002:004 : Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.
 * 1) Dignity; reputation as a good person.
 * His honour is at stake.
 * She swore on her honour.
 * 1) An objectification of praiseworthiness or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as an award given by the state to a citizen.
 * Honours are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.
 * 1) A privilege.
 * I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.
 * 1) The centre point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.
 * 2)  In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
 * 3)  The right to play one's ball before one's opponent plays his.
 * 4)  For honours degree, a university qualification of the highest rank.
 * At university I took honours in modern history.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: dungog
 * Croatian:
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 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Middle High German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 名誉 (めいよ, meiyo)
 * Kurdish:


 * Latvian:
 * Nahuatl: mauiztli
 * Old Irish: enech
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: గౌరవం (gauravam)
 * Turkish: kıvanç,
 * West Frisian:


 * Catalan:
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 * Scottish Gaelic:

Verb

 * 1) To think of highly, to respect highly.
 * The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honoured by the people.
 * 1) To confer an honour or privilege upon (someone).
 * Ten members of the profession were honoured at the ceremony.
 * The prince honoured me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.
 * 1) To conform with, obey (e.g. a treaty or promise)
 * I trusted you, but you have not honoured your promise.
 * 1) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).
 * I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Irish:, ,
 * Italian:
 * Old English:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: kitüntet, megtisztel
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:




 * : గౌరవం (gauravaM)
 * : గౌరవం (gauravaM)

Derived terms

 * honourable
 * honorary
 * honorific
 * dishonour
 * dishonourable
 * honour code
 * honour guard
 * honour system
 * in honour of
 * honours degree
 * Hons

Noun

 * prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.
 * prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before
 * prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before

Etymology
honour:

Descendants

 * English: honour

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