HONOUR Definition & Meaning

honour

[ on-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly British.

honor.

Honour

/ ˈɒ��ə /

noun

preceded byYour, His, or Her
1. a title used to or of certain judges
2. (in Ireland) a form of address in general use

honour

/ ˈɒ��ə /

noun

personal integrity; allegiance to moral principles
1. fame or glory
2. a person or thing that wins this for another
  he is an honour to the school
often plural great respect, regard, esteem, etc, or an outward sign of this
often plural high or noble rank
a privilege or pleasure
it is an honour to serve you
a woman's virtue or chastity
1. bridge poker any of the top five cards in a suit or any of the four aces at no trumps
2. whist any of the top four cards
golf the right to tee off first
do honour to
1. to pay homage to
2. to be a credit to
do the honours
1. to serve as host or hostess
2. to perform a social act, such as carving meat, proposing a toast, etc
honour bright slang:school.
an exclamation pledging honour
in honour bound
under a moral obligation
in honour of
out of respect for
on one's honour or upon one's honour
on the pledge of one's word or good name

verb

to hold in respect or esteem
to show courteous behaviour towards
to worship
to confer a distinction upon
to accept and then pay when due (a cheque, draft, etc)
to keep (one's promise); fulfil (a previous agreement)
to bow or curtsy to (one's dancing partner)

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Spelling Note

See -or ¹.

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Derived Forms

ˈ��ǲԴǳܰ��, adjective
ˈ��ǲԴǳܰ��, noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of honour¹

C12: from Old French onor, from Latin honor esteem

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The accolade, which first awarded to Sir Elton John in 2017, is a joint honour presented by both Record Store Day US and UK.

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"It is an honour to profile the people making our world a better place for us and for our children," he added.

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He shared with me another picture, of his maimed hand, only now it also bore a tattooed message which expressed that his wounds were a cheap sacrifice in honour of Nasrallah, the late Hezbollah leader.

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Ten Hag achieved another dubious honour in 2023-24 - his side lost 14 games in the Premier League, a club record.

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A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We do not comment on speculation on honours as a matter of longstanding principle. Any updates would be announced in the normal way."

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