What the word honor means

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Honour (Commonwealth English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a code of conduct, and has various elements such as valour, chivalry, honesty, and compassion. It is an abstract concept entailing a perceived quality of worthiness and respectability that affects both the social standing and the self-evaluation of an individual or institutions such as a family, school, regiment, or nation. Accordingly, individuals (or institutions) are assigned worth and stature based on the harmony of their actions with a specific code of honour, and the moral code of the society at large.

Samuel Johnson, in his A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), defined honour as having several senses, the first of which was «nobility of soul, magnanimity, and a scorn of meanness».
This sort of honour derives from the perceived virtuous conduct and personal integrity of the person endowed with it. On the other hand, Johnson also defined honour in relationship to «reputation» and «fame»; to «privileges of rank or birth», and as «respect» of the kind which «places an individual socially and determines his right to precedence». This sort of honour is often not so much a function of moral or ethical excellence, as it is a consequence of power. Finally, with respect to sexuality, honour has traditionally been associated with (or identical to) «chastity» or «virginity», or in case of married men and women, «fidelity». Some have argued that honour should be seen more as a rhetoric, or set of possible actions, than as a code.

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Honour as a code of behaviour defines the duties of an individual within a social group. Margaret Visser observes that in an honour-based society «a person is what he or she is in the eyes of other people».[1] A code of honour differs from a legal code, also socially defined and concerned with justice, in that honour remains implicit rather than explicit and objectified.

One can distinguish honour from dignity, which Wordsworth assessed as measured against an individual’s conscience[2] rather than against the judgement of a community. Compare also the sociological concept of «face».

In the early medieval period, a lord’s or lady’s honour was the group of manors or lands he or she held. «The word was first used indicating an estate which gave its holder dignity and status.»[3] For a person to say «on my honour» was not just an affirmation of his or her integrity and rank, but the veracity behind that phrase meant he or she was willing to offer up estates as pledge and guarantee.

The concept of honour appears to have declined in importance in the modern West; conscience has replaced it[4] in the individual context, and the rule of law (with the rights and duties defined therein) has taken over in a social context. Popular stereotypes would have it surviving more definitively in more tradition-bound cultures (e.g. Pashtun, Southern Italian, Polish, Persian, Turkish, Arab, Iberian, «Old South» or Dixie) in a perception akin to Orientalism. Feudal or other agrarian societies, which focus upon land use and land ownership, may tend to «honour» more than do contemporary industrial societies. Note that Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109) in Cur Deus Homo extended the concept of honour from his own feudal society to postulate God’s honour.[5]

An emphasis on the importance of honour exists in such traditional institutions as the military (serving officers may conduct a court of honour) and in organisations with a military ethos, such as Scouting organisations (which also feature «Courts of Honour»[6]).

Honour in the case of sexuality frequently relates, historically, to fidelity: preservation of «honour» equates primarily to maintenance of the virginity of singles and to the exclusive monogamy of the remainder of the population. Further conceptions of this type of honour vary widely between cultures; some cultures regard honour killings of (mostly female) members of one’s own family as justified if the individuals have «defiled the family’s honour» by marrying against the family’s wishes, usually for reasons such as refusing to enter an arranged marriage, having sex outside marriage, dressing in ways which are deemed inappropriate, or engaging in homosexual relations or even by becoming the victims of rape. Western observers generally see these honour killings as a way of men using the culture of honour to control female sexuality.[7]

Skinners, executioners, grave-diggers, shepherds, barber-surgeons, millers, linen-weavers, sow-gelders, latrine-cleaners, and bailiffs and their families were among the «dishonourable people» (unehrliche Leute) in early modern German society.[8]

Cultural difference from law[edit]

Various sociologists and anthropologists have contrasted cultures of honour with cultures of law. A culture of law has a body of laws which all members of society must obey, with punishments for transgressors. This requires a society with the structures required to enact and enforce laws. A culture of law incorporates a social contract: members of society give up some aspects of their freedom to defend themselves and retaliate for injuries, on the understanding that society will apprehend and punish transgressors.

An alternative to government enforcement of laws is community or individual enforcement of social norms.

One way that honour functions is as a major factor of reputation. In a system where there is no court that will authorise the use of force to guarantee the execution of contracts, an honourable reputation is very valuable to promote trust among transaction partners. To dishonour an agreement could be economically ruinous, because all future potential transaction partners might stop trusting the party not to lie, steal their money or goods, not repay debts, mistreat the children they marry off, have children with other people, abandon their children, or fail to provide aid when needed. A dishonourable person might be shunned by the community as a way to punish bad behaviour and create an incentive for others to maintain their honour.

If one’s honour is questioned, it can thus be important to disprove any false accusations or slander. In some cultures, the practice of dueling has arisen as a means to settle such disputes firmly, though by physical dominance in force or skill rather than by objective consideration of evidence and facts.

Honour can also imply duty to perform certain actions, such as providing for and disciplining one’s children, serving in the military during war, contributing to local collective projects like building infrastructure, or exacting revenge in retaliation for acts one is directly harmed by.

Family honour[edit]

The concept of personal honour can be extended to family honour, which strengthens the incentives to follow social norms in two ways. First, the consequences of dishonourable actions (such as suicide or attempted robbery that results in death) outlive the perpetrator, and negatively affect family members they presumably care about. Second, when one member of the family misbehaves, other members of the family are in the position to and are incentivised to strongly enforce the community norms.

In strong honour cultures, those who do not conform may be forced or pressured into conformance and transgressors punished physically or psychologically. The use of violence may be collective in its character, where many relatives act together.[9] The most extreme form of punishment is honour killing. Dueling and vengeance at a family level can result in a sustained feud.

Honour-based cultures are also known as honour-shame cultures and are contrasted with guilt cultures on the guilt-shame-fear spectrum of cultures.

Cultures of honour are often conservative, encoding pre-modern traditional family values and duties. In some cases these values clash with those of post-sexual revolution and egalitarian societies. Add to this the prohibition against vigilante or individual justice-taking, cultures of law sometimes consider practices in honour cultures to be unethical or a violation of the legal concept of human rights.[9][10][11][12]

Examples[edit]

Historians have especially examined the culture of honour in the American South.[13][14] Social scientists have looked at specialised subcultures such as South Asian Muslims in Britain.[15] Others have compared multiple modern nations.[16]

One paper finds that present-day Canadians born in communities that historically lay outside the reach of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Mounties) seem to inherit a violent code of honour that drives their behaviour.[17]

From the viewpoint of anthropologists, cultures of honour typically appear among nomadic peoples and among herdsmen who carry their most valuable property with them and risk having it stolen, without having recourse to law enforcement or to government. Due to the lack of strong institutions, cultivating a reputation for swift and disproportionate revenge increases the safety of one’s person and property against aggressive actors.[18] Thinkers ranging from Plato to Montesquieu have remarked upon the mindset needed for a culture of honour.

According to Richard Nisbett, cultures of honour will often arise when three conditions[19] exist:

  1. a scarcity of resources
  2. situations in which the benefit of theft and crime outweighs the risks
  3. a lack of sufficient law-enforcement (such as in geographically remote regions)

Historically, cultures of honour exist in places where the herding of animals dominates an economy. In this situation the geography is usually extensive, since the soil cannot support extensive sustained farming and thus large populations; the benefit of stealing animals from other herds is high since it is the main form of wealth; and there is no central law-enforcement or rule of law. However cultures of honour can also appear in places like modern inner-city slums. The three conditions exist here as well: lack of resources (poverty); crime and theft have a high rewards compared to the alternatives (few); and law enforcement is generally lax or corrupt.[19]

Once a culture of honour exists in a society, its members find it difficult to make the transition to a culture of law; this requires that people become willing to back down and refuse to immediately retaliate, and from the viewpoint of the culture of honour, the feeling humiliation makes personal restraint extremely difficult as it reflects weakness and appeasement.

War of 1812[edit]

Historian Norman Risjord has emphasised the central importance of honour as a cause of the War of 1812, which the United States launched in against Britain despite its much more powerful naval and military strength.[20] Americans of every political stripe saw the need to uphold national honour, and to reject the treatment of the United States by Britain as a third class nonentity. Americans talked incessantly about the need for force in response.[21] This quest for honour was a major cause of the war in the sense that most Americans who were not involved in mercantile interests or threatened by Indian attack strongly endorsed the preservation of national honour.[22] The humiliating attack by HMS Leopard against USS Chesapeake in June 1807 was a decisive event.[23] Historians have documented the importance of honour in shaping public opinion in a number of states, including Massachusetts,[24] Ohio,[25] Pennsylvania,[26][27] and Tennessee,[28] as well as the territory of Michigan.[29] Americans widely celebrated the conclusion of the war as successful, especially after the spectacular defeat of the main British invasion army at New Orleans[30] did restore the American sense of honour.

National honor, the reputation of republican government, and the continuing supremacy of the Republican party had seemed to be at stake … National honor had [now] been satisfied,» says historian Lance Banning, «Americans celebrated the end of the struggle with a brilliant burst of national pride.[31]

The British showed a respect for American honour. «Some of the strongest praise for America and swiftest recognition of what the young republic had achieved for American honor, prestige, and power came from within British naval circles.»[32] Britain refrained from interfering with American maritime interests and ceased with the impressment of American citizens following the war.

Predisposition in the United States of America[edit]

A 2016 study suggests that honour culture increases the risk of war. The study found that international conflicts under U.S. presidents who were raised in the South of the country «are shown to be twice as likely to involve uses of force, last on average twice as long, and are three times more likely to end in victory for the United States than disputes under non-Southern presidents. Other characteristics of Southern presidencies do not seem able to account for this pattern of results.»[33][34][35]

See also[edit]

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  • Bushido
  • Chivalry
  • Code duello
  • Culture of honor (Southern United States)
  • Dignitas (Roman concept)
  • Ethos
  • Feud
  • Honorary degree
  • Honor killing
  • Honour system
  • Izzat (Honor)
  • Moka exchange
  • Omertà
  • Order (distinction)
  • Pashtunwali
  • Personal rights
  • Personality rights
  • Potlatch
  • The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
  • Youxia

Notes[edit]

  1. ^
    Doris, Jim (5 January 2003). «A conversation with Margaret Visser: diagnosing that feeling of helplessness». Catholic New Times. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  2. ^
    «…dignity abides with him alone / Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, / Can still suspect, and still revere himself….» William Wordsworth, «Yew Tree» http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww119.html.
  3. ^ A Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases, Christopher Corédon, 2004, D.S. Brewer, Cambridge, ISBN 1-84384-023-5
  4. ^
    Ignatieff, Michael (1997). The Warrior’s Honour: Ethnic War and the Modern Conscience. New York, New York: Henry Holt and Co. pp. paraphrased from whole book.
  5. ^
    Lindberg, Carter (2009). A Brief History of Christianity. Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 79–80. ISBN 9781405148870. Retrieved 30 December 2012. Anselm’s understanding of sin posits that sin is an objective deprivation of the honour that belongs to God. The decisive concept of the honour of God reflects Anselm’s feudal social world. To deprive a person of his or her honour was a fundamental crime against the social order. Furthermore, such an offence is proportionately magnified according to the status of the person in the hierarchical order […]
  6. ^
    Baden-Powell, Robert (2014). Scouting For Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship Through Woodcraft. Kreactiva Editorial. Retrieved 6 March 2015. The Court of Honour is an important part of the Patrol System. It is a standing committee which settles the affairs of the troop.
  7. ^ «Honour killings of girls and women». Amnesty International library. Amnesty International. 31 August 1999. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  8. ^ Defiled Trades and Social Outcasts – Honor and Ritual Pollution in Early Modern Germany Archived 3 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Cambridge University Press, 2000
  9. ^ a b «Kollektivistiska strukturer | Hedersförtryck.se». County administrative board of Ostrogothia (Länsstyrelsen Östergötland) (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  10. ^ «Honor Cultures and Violence – Criminology – Oxford Bibliographies – obo». Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  11. ^ Nyheter, SVT. «Polisens utredare utbildades om hederskulturer». SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  12. ^ Qiblawi, Tamara. «Activists demand end to marriage rape laws». CNN. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  13. ^ Bertram. Wyatt-Brown, Southern honor: Ethics and behavior in the Old South (Oxford University Press, 2007)
  14. ^ Kenneth S. Greenberg, Honor & Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing as a Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, the Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting, and Gambling in the Old South (Princeton University Press, 1996)
  15. ^ Pnina Werbner, «Honor, shame and the politics of sexual embodiment among South Asian Muslims in Britain and beyond: An analysis of debates in the public sphere.» International Social Science Review 6#1 (2005): 25–47.
  16. ^ Klaus Helkama, et al. «Honor as a value in Finland, Estonia, Italy, Russia, and Switzerland.» Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 16#3 (2013): 279–297.
  17. ^ Restrepo, Pascual (9 October 2015). «Canada’s History of Violence». The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  18. ^ Nowak, Andrzej; Gelfand, Michele J.; Borkowski, Wojciech; Cohen, Dov; Hernandez, Ivan (25 November 2015). «The Evolutionary Basis of Honor Cultures». Psychological Science. 27 (1): 12–24. doi:10.1177/0956797615602860. ISSN 0956-7976. PMID 26607976. S2CID 18564200.
  19. ^ a b
    Richard Nisbett. Culture of Honor. 1996. ISBN 0-8133-1992-7
  20. ^ Risjord, Norman K. (1961). «1812: Conservatives, War Hawks and the Nation’s Honor». William and Mary Quarterly. 1961 (2): 196–210. doi:10.2307/1918543. JSTOR 1918543.
  21. ^ Ivie, Robert L. (1982). «The metaphor of force in prowar discourse: The case of 1812». Quarterly Journal of Speech. 68 (3): 240–253. doi:10.1080/00335638209383610.
  22. ^ Bradford Perkins, The causes of the War of 1812: National honor or national interest? (1962).
  23. ^ Spencer Tucker, Injured Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, June 22, 1807 (Naval Institute Press, 1996)
  24. ^ Barlow, William; Powell, David O. (1978). «Congressman Ezekiel Bacon of Massachusetts and the Coming of the War of 1812». Historical Journal of Massachusetts. 6 (2): 28.
  25. ^ Barlow, William R. (1963). «Ohio’s Congressmen and the War of 1812». Ohio History. 72: 175–94.
  26. ^ Victor Sapio, Pennsylvania and the War of 1812 (University Press of Kentucky, 2015)
  27. ^ Martin Kaufman, «War Sentiment in Western Pennsylvania: 1812.» Pennsylvania History (1964): 436–448.
  28. ^ Walker, William A. (1961). «Martial Sons: Tennessee Enthusiasm for the War of 1812». Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 20 (1): 20.
  29. ^ Barlow, William (1969). «The Coming of the War of 1812 in Michigan Territory». Michigan History. 53: 91–107.
  30. ^ J David Valaik (2007). Carroll, John Martin; Baxter, Colin F. (eds.). The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the Present. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7425-4428-4. Retrieved 26 July 2022. All in all, they fought one of the world’s leading powers to a draw, which was formalized in the Treaty of Ghent (1814). In an outpouring of nationalism, the country celebrated the conclusion of the War of 1812 as a victory, highlighted by Andrew Jackson’s magnificent stand before New Orleans (1815) and a number of spectacular naval triumphs.
  31. ^ Lance Banning (1980). The Jeffersonian Persuasion: Evolution of a Party Ideology. Cornell UP. p. 295. ISBN 0801492009.
  32. ^ Pietro S. Nivola; Peter J. Kastor (2012). What So Proudly We Hailed: Essays on the Contemporary Meaning of the War of 1812. Brookings Institution Press. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0815724155.
  33. ^ Dafoe, Allan; Caughey, Devin (1 April 2016). «Honor and War». World Politics. 68 (2): 341–381. doi:10.1017/S0043887115000416. ISSN 1086-3338.
  34. ^ «It takes a southerner to start (and win) a war — The Boston Globe». BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 22 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ Dafoe, Allan; Renshon, Jonathan; Huth, Paul (11 May 2014). «Reputation and Status as Motives for War». Annual Review of Political Science. 17 (1): 371–393. doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-071112-213421. ISSN 1094-2939.

References[edit]

  • Bowman, James. Honor: A History. Encounter Books, 2006. ISBN 1-59403-142-8. Cf. excerpts from writings of James Bowman on Honor.
  • Cossen, William S. «Blood, honor, reform, and God: anti-dueling associations and moral reform in the Old South.» American Nineteenth Century History 19.1 (2018): 23–45.
  • d’Iribarne, Philippe. The Logic of Honor: National Traditions and Corporate Management. Welcome Rain Publishers, 2003. ISBN 978-1-56649-182-2.
  • Hauser, Marc. Moral Minds: How nature designed our universal sense of right and wrong. New York: Ecco Press, 2006. ISBN 978-0-06-078070-8.
  • Hein, David. «America’s Honor: Lost and Regained.» Modern Age 63, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 17–25.
  • Hein, David. «Rethinking Honor». Journal of Thought 17.1 (Spring 1982): 3–6.
  • Hein, David. «Learning Responsibility and Honor». Washington Times, 3 July 2008.
  • Hein, David. «Christianity and Honor.» The Living Church, 18 August 2013, pp. 8–10.
  • Montesquieu. The Spirit of the Laws. 2 vols.Online
  • Nisbett, Richard E., and Dov Cohen. Culture of Honor: The Psychology of Violence in the South. Westview, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-1993-5.
  • Pinker, Steven. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2002. ISBN 0-670-03151-8.
  • Wyatt-Brown, Bertram. Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South (1982), Antebellum United States

Further reading[edit]

  • For a closer understanding of the way in which ideas of honour (and related shame) are linked to social structures such as law and religion, a reading of the works of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu is worthwhile, particularly with reference to his discussions of the idea of «habitus».[citation needed]
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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • honour (British, Commonwealth, Irish)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English honour, honor, honur, from Anglo-Norman honour, honur, from Old French honor, from Latin honor.

Displaced Middle English menske (“honor, dignity among men”), from Old Norse menskr (“honor”) (see mensk).

The verb is from Middle English honouren, honuren (“to honor”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑn.ɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒn.ə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnə(ɹ)

Noun[edit]

honor (countable and uncountable, plural honors) (chiefly American spelling)

  1. (uncountable) recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful)

    The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.

    • 1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Stanza X”, in Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 14:

      And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader’s fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.

  2. (uncountable) the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity

    He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.

    His honor was unstained.

    • 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:

      Prothean: Those who share my purpose become allies. Those who do not become casualties.
      Shepard: Nothing in our fight against the Reapers has been that cut-and-dried.
      Prothean: Because you still have hope that this war will end with your honor intact.
      Shepard: I do.
      Prothean: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.
      Prothean: The silence is your answer.

  3. (countable) a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen

    Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen’s Birthday in June and at the New Year.

    He wore an honor on his breast.

    military honors; civil honors

    Audie Murphy received many honors, such as the Distinguished Service Cross.

    • 1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

      their funeral honours

  4. a privilege

    I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.

  5. (in the plural) the privilege of going first

    I’ll let you have the honours, Bob—go ahead.

    1. (golf) the right to play one’s ball before one’s opponent.
  6. a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

    He is an honour to his nation.

  7. (feudal law) a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended

    • 1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, Book of Surveying:

      The lorde of the honour or manour

  8. (heraldry, countable) the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point)
  9. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
  10. (in the plural) (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank

    At university I took honours in modern history.

Usage notes[edit]

Like many other words ending in -our/-or, this word is usually spelled honour in the UK and honor in the US. However, the spelling honour is considered more formal in the United States, and is standard in formulations such as «the honour of your presence» as used on wedding invitations and other very formal documents.[1]

Synonyms[edit]

  • chivalry
  • glory
  • gentlemanliness

Antonyms[edit]

  • dishonor

Derived terms[edit]

  • a prophet has no honor in his own country
  • a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
  • affair of honor
  • badge of honor
  • code of honor
  • court of honor
  • debt of honor
  • dishonorable
  • do the honor
  • dubious honor
  • field of honor
  • fount of honor
  • guard of honor
  • guest of honor
  • honor among thieves
  • honor code
  • honor guard
  • honor in the breach
  • honor killing
  • Honor Oak
  • honor point
  • honor roll
  • honor society
  • honor student
  • honor system
  • honor walk
  • honorable
  • honorary
  • honoree
  • honorific
  • honors degree
  • Hons
  • in honor of
  • lap of honor
  • maid of honor
  • maiden of honor
  • matron of honor
  • on one’s honor
  • place of honor
  • point of honor
  • Scout’s honor
  • scout’s honor
  • there is no honor among thieves
  • wear something as a badge of honor
  • word of honor

Translations[edit]

recognition of importance or spiritual value; respect

  • Azerbaijani: hörmət (az), ehtiram, sayğı (az)
  • Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), чэсць f (čescʹ)
  • Bulgarian: почит (bg) f (počit)
  • Catalan: honor (ca) m
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
  • Danish: ære (da), ærbødighed c, agtelse c
  • Esperanto: honoro
  • Estonian: au (et)
  • Finnish: kunnia (fi), kunnioitus (fi)
  • Galician: honor (gl) m
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (swēriþa)
  • Greek:
    Ancient: τιμή f (timḗ)
  • Hebrew: כבוד‎ (he) m (kavód)
  • Hungarian: becsület (hu)
  • Irish: oirmhidin f
  • Italian: onore (it) m
  • Ladino: kavod, onor
  • Macedonian: чест f (čest)
  • Middle English: honour
  • Old English: ār f
  • Persian: افتخار‎ (fa) (eftexâr)
  • Plautdietsch: Ea f
  • Polish: cześć (pl) f, honor (pl) m
  • Romagnol: unór m
  • Romanian: respect (ro) n
  • Russian: честь (ru) f (čestʹ), почте́ние (ru) n (počténije)
  • Sanskrit: सम्मान (sa) m (sammāna)
  • Spanish: honor (es) m
  • Tocharian B: yarke, yärṣalñe
  • Turkish: ihtiram (tr), hürmet (tr), saygı (tr)
  • Ukrainian: честь f (čestʹ), го́нор m (hónor)
  • Yiddish: כּבֿוד‎ (koved)

favourable reputation; dignity; sense of self-worth

  • Azerbaijani: namus (az), qeyrət, təəssüb, şərəf (az), heysiyyət
  • Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), чэсць f (čescʹ)
  • Bulgarian: чест (bg) f (čest)
  • Catalan: honor (ca) m
  • Cebuano: bantog, dungog
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ (atsilvquodi)
  • Finnish: kunnia (fi), kunnioitus (fi), arvostus (fi) (favorable reputation), arvokkuus (fi) (dignity), itsekunnioitus (fi) (sense of self-worth)
  • Galician: honra f
  • German: Ehre (de) f
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (swēriþa)
  • Greek:
    Ancient: τιμή f (timḗ)
  • Hebrew: כבוד‎ (he) m (kavód)
  • Higaonon: bantugan
  • Hiligaynon: dungog
  • Hungarian: becsület (hu)
  • Hunsrik: Eher f
  • Irish: clú m
  • Ladino: kavod, onor
  • Lao: ກຽດຕິຍົດ (lo) (kīat ti nyot)
  • Luxembourgish: Éier f
  • Middle English: honour, honeste
  • Plautdietsch: Ea f
  • Polish: honor (pl) m
  • Portuguese: honra (pt) f
  • Romanian: onoare (ro) f, demnitate (ro) f
  • Russian: честь (ru) f (čestʹ), досто́инство (ru) n (dostóinstvo), го́нор (ru) m (gónor) (also: «arrogance»)
  • Turkish: namus (tr) (code of honour), şeref (tr)
  • Ukrainian: честь f (čestʹ), го́нор m (hónor)
  • Yiddish: כּבֿוד‎ (koved)

token of praise or respect

  • Afrikaans: eer
  • Albanian: nder (sq) m
  • Arabic: شَرَف‎ (ar) m (šaraf)
  • Armenian: պատիվ (hy) (pativ)
  • Azerbaijani: şərəf (az)
  • Belarusian: го́нар m (hónar), чэсць f (čescʹ)
  • Bulgarian: чест (bg) f (čest)
  • Burmese: ဂုဏ် (my) (gun)
  • Catalan: honor (ca) m
  • Cebuano: dungog
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 榮譽／荣誉 (zh) (róngyù), 名譽／名誉 (zh) (míngyù)
  • Czech: čest (cs) f
  • Dalmatian: onaur f
  • Danish: ære (da)
  • Dutch: eer (nl) f
  • Esperanto: honoro
  • Estonian: au (et)
  • Faroese: æra f
  • Finnish: kunniamerkki (fi), kunniakirja (fi)
  • French: honneur (fr) m
    Middle French: please add this translation if you can
    Old French: please add this translation if you can
  • Friulian: onôr
  • Galician: honor m
  • Georgian: პატივი (ṗaṭivi)
  • German: Ehre (de) f
    Middle High German: ere f
  • Hebrew: כָּבוֹד‎ (he) (kavod)
  • Hindi: गौरव (hi) (gaurav)
  • Hungarian: becsület (hu)
  • Ido: honoro (io)
  • Irish: oineach m, onóir f
  • Italian: onore (it) m
  • Japanese: 名誉 (ja) (めいよ, meiyo)
  • Kazakh: абырой (abyroi)
  • Korean: 명예 (ko) (myeong’ye)
  • Kurdish:
    Central Kurdish: ئابڕوو‎ (abrrû)
  • Ladin: uneur m, unëur m
  • Ladino: kavod, onor
  • Latgalian: gūds m
  • Latvian: gods (lv) m
  • Lithuanian: garbė f
  • Macedonian: чест f (čest)
  • Middle English: please add this translation if you can
  • Nahuatl: mauiztli
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: ære (no)
  • Occitan: onor (oc)
  • Old English: please add this translation if you can
  • Old Irish: enech n
  • Old Occitan: honor
  • Persian: افتخار‎ (fa) (eftexâr), شرف‎ (fa) (šaraf)
  • Plautdietsch: Ea f
  • Polish: honor (pl) m, cześć (pl) f
  • Portuguese: honra (pt)
  • Romanian: onoare (ro), cinste (ro)
  • Russian: честь (ru) f (čestʹ)
  • Sardinian: onore, onori, unore
  • Scottish Gaelic: onair f
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ча̑ст f
    Roman: čȃst (sh) f
  • Sicilian: unuri m
  • Slovak: česť f
  • Slovene: čast (sl) f
  • Sorbian:
    Lower Sorbian: cesć f
    Upper Sorbian: česć f
  • Spanish: honor (es) m
  • Swedish: ära (sv) c
  • Tajik: шараф (šaraf)
  • Telugu: గౌరవం (te) (gauravaṁ)
  • Thai: เกียรติ (th) (gìiat)
  • Turkish: kıvanç (tr), onur (tr), şeref (tr)
  • Ukrainian: честь f (čestʹ)
  • Urdu: گورو‎ (gaurav)
  • Uzbek: sharaf (uz)
  • Venetian: onor m
  • Vietnamese: danh dự (vi)
  • West Frisian: eare
  • Yiddish: כּבֿוד‎ (koved)

privilege

  • Arabic: شَرَف‎ (ar) m (šaraf)
  • Catalan: honor (ca) m
  • Czech: čest (cs) f
  • Finnish: kunnia (fi)
  • Galician: honor m
  • Georgian: პატივი (ṗaṭivi)
  • Hungarian: megtiszteltetés (hu)
  • Polish: zaszczyt (pl) m
  • Portuguese: honra (pt) f
  • Romanian: onoare (ro) f, privilegiu (ro) n
  • Russian: честь (ru) f (čestʹ)
  • Scottish Gaelic: onair f
  • Spanish: privilegio (es) m
  • Swedish: ära (sv) c

feudal law: seigniory or lordship held of the king

heraldry: centre point of the upper half of a coat of arms

card games: one of the most valuable cards

  • Bulgarian: оньор m (onjor)
  • Finnish: arvokortti

golf: right to play one’s ball before one’s opponent

  • Catalan: honor (ca) m
  • Finnish: honööri

Verb[edit]

honor (third-person singular simple present honors, present participle honoring, simple past and past participle honored) (chiefly US)

  1. (transitive) to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of

    The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people.

  2. (transitive) to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)

    I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise.

    refuse to honor the test ban treaty

  3. (transitive) to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)

    Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony.

    The prince honored me with an invitation to his birthday banquet.

  4. (transitive) to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker’s draft, etc.)

    I’m sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque.

Synonyms[edit]

  • worthy (verb)

Antonyms[edit]

  • despise
  • contempt

Derived terms[edit]

  • dishonor, dishonour

Translations[edit]

think of, respect highly

  • Bulgarian: почитам (bg) (počitam)
  • Czech: ctít (cs), uznávat
  • Dutch: vereren (nl), eren (nl), huldigen (nl), respecteren (nl)
  • Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi)
  • French: honorer (fr)
  • German: ehren (de)
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌰𐌽 (swēran)
  • Greek: τιμώ (el) (timó)
    Ancient: τιμάω (timáō)
  • Hebrew: כיבד כִּבֵּד‎ (he) (kibéd)
  • Hungarian: becsül (hu), tisztel (hu)
  • Irish: oirmhinnigh, onóraigh, tabhair onóir do
  • Italian: onorare (it)
  • Japanese: 尊ぶ (ja) (tattobu), 賛える (tataeru), 重んじる (ja) (omonjiru), 賛美する (ja) (sambi suru)
  • Khmer: គោរព (km) (kourup), សំដែងសេចក្តីគោរព (sɑmdaəng sachkdǝy kourup)
  • Latin: excolo, honōrō
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: ære (no)
  • Old English: frēoġan
  • Portuguese: honrar (pt)
  • Quechua: apuchay, yupaychay (qu)
  • Romanian: onora (ro), cinsti (ro)
  • Russian: чтить (ru) impf (čtitʹ), почти́ть (ru) pf (počtítʹ), почита́ть (ru) impf (počitátʹ)
  • Sanskrit: पूजयति (sa) (pūjayati), मानति (sa) (mānati)
  • Slovene: spoštovati (sl)
  • Spanish: honrar (es)
  • Tocharian B: paut-, winā-sk-
  • Yiddish: מכבד זײַן‎ (mekhabed zayn)

confer honour on

  • Dutch: eren (nl), huldigen (nl)
  • Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi)
  • German: ehren (de)
  • Hebrew: כיבד כִּבֵּד‎ (he) (kibéd)
  • Hungarian: kitüntet (hu), megtisztel (hu)
  • Latin: augeō (la), honōrō
  • Luxembourgish: éieren
  • Macedonian: удо́стои (udóstoi), одли́кува (odlíkuva)
  • Maori: whakamānawa
  • Portuguese: honrar (pt)
  • Romanian: onora (ro)
  • Russian: ока́зывать честь impf (okázyvatʹ čestʹ), оказа́ть честь pf (okazátʹ čestʹ), удоста́ивать (ru) impf (udostáivatʹ), удосто́ить (ru) pf (udostóitʹ)
  • Slovene: počastiti
  • Spanish: honrar (es)
  • Turkish: onurlandırmak (tr)
  • Yiddish: מכבד זײַן‎ (mekhabed zayn)

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Emily Post Institute, Formal Wedding Invitation Wording

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Catalan honor, from Latin honōrem, accusative of honor.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /oˈno/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /uˈnor/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /oˈnoɾ/

Noun[edit]

honor m (plural honors)

  1. honour
    Antonym: deshonor

Derived terms[edit]

  • deshonor

[edit]

  • honorable
  • honorari
  • honorífic
  • honrar
  • seat of honor

Further reading[edit]

  • “honor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “honor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
  • “honor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “honor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • honos (ante-classical)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Latin honōs, a form notably still used by Cicero, of unknown origin; possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰon- or *ǵʰon-, but lacking any clear cognates.[1][2]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈho.nor/, [ˈhɔnɔr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.nor/, [ˈɔːnor]

Noun[edit]

honor m (genitive honōris); third declension

  1. honor, esteem, dignity, reputation, office

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative honor honōrēs
Genitive honōris honōrum
Dative honōrī honōribus
Accusative honōrem honōrēs
Ablative honōre honōribus
Vocative honor honōrēs

Derived terms[edit]

  • dēhonōrō
  • exhonōrō
  • honestās
  • honestus
  • honōrō
  • honōrus
  • inhonōrō

Descendants[edit]

  • → Basque: ohore
  • Dalmatian: onaur
  • Esperanto: honoro
    • Ido: honoro
  • Friulian: onôr
  • Italian: onore
  • Ladin: uneur, unëur
  • Old French: honor, enor, eneur, onor
    • Anglo-Norman: honur
      • → Middle Irish: onóir, anóir
        • Irish: onóir
        • Scottish Gaelic: onoir
      • → Middle English: honour
        • English: honour, honor
    • Middle French: honneur
      • French: honneur
  • Old Occitan: onor
    • Catalan: honor
    • Occitan: onor
  • Piedmontese: onor
  • → Old Polish: honor
    • Polish: honor
      • → Old Ruthenian: го́норъ (hónor), го́неръ (hóner)
        • Belarusian: го́нар (hónar)
        • Rusyn: го́нор (hónor)
        • Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor); го́нір (hónir) (dialectal)
        • → Middle Russian: го́норъ (gónor)
          • Russian: го́нор (gónor)
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
    • Galician: honor, honra
    • Portuguese: honra, honor
  • → Romanian: onoare
  • Sardinian: onore, onori, unore
  • Sicilian: unuri
    • → Maltese: unur
  • Spanish: honor
  • → Turkish: onur
  • Venetian: onor

References[edit]

  • “honor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “honor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • honor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • honor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a man who has held every office (up to the consulship): vir defunctus honoribus
    • a man who has held many offices: honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)
    • a man who has held many offices: amplis honoribus usus (Sall. Iug. 25. 4)
    • (ambiguous) to be deprived of the rites of burial: sepulturae honore carere
    • (ambiguous) to be honoured, esteemed by some one: esse in honore apud aliquem
    • (ambiguous) to honour, show respect for, a person: aliquem honore afficere, augere, ornare, prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11., note Prosequi…)
    • (ambiguous) to kindle ambition in some one’s mind: aliquem cupiditate honorum inflammare (or aliquem ad cupiditatem honorum inflammare)
    • (ambiguous) to aspire to dignity, high honours: honores concupiscere (opp. aspernari)
    • (ambiguous) to speak of some one respectfully: honoris causa aliquem nominare or appellare
    • (ambiguous) to pay divine honours to some one: alicui divinos honores tribuere, habere
    • (ambiguous) to rise, mount to the honours of office: ad honores ascendere
    • (ambiguous) to reach the highest grade of office: amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipisci
    • (ambiguous) to attain to the highest offices: ad summos honores pervenire (cf. also sect. V. 17)
    • (ambiguous) to seek office: petere magistratum, honores
    • (ambiguous) to invest a person with a position of dignity: honores alicui mandare, deferre
  • “honor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “honor”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “honōs, -ōris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 288
  2. ^ Voyles, Joseph & Barrack, Charles (2009): An Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Early Indo-European Languages

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • anor, enor, honnor, honur, onor, onur

Etymology[edit]

From Latin honor, honōrem.

Noun[edit]

honor m (oblique plural honors, nominative singular honors, nominative plural honor)

  1. honor; honour

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: honor, honour
  • Middle French: honneur
    • French: honneur
  • → Middle Irish: onóir, anóir
    • Irish: onóir
    • Scottish Gaelic: onoir

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin honor.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔ.nɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnɔr
  • Syllabification: ho‧nor

Noun[edit]

honor m inan

  1. honour, honor (praiseworthiness, respect)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Old Ruthenian: го́норъ (hónor), го́неръ (hóner)
    • Belarusian: го́нар (hónar)
    • Rusyn: го́нор (hónor)
    • Ukrainian: го́нор (hónor); го́нір (hónir) (dialectal)
    • → Middle Russian: го́норъ (gónor)
      • Russian: го́нор (gónor)

Further reading[edit]

  • honor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • honor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish onor, from Latin honor, honōrem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /oˈnoɾ/ [oˈnoɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ho‧nor

Noun[edit]

honor m (plural honores)

  1. honor

Derived terms[edit]

  • acuerdo de honor
  • campo del honor
  • cantón de honor
  • capellán de honor
  • columna de honor
  • con honores de
  • crimen de honor
  • dama de honor
  • dueña de honor
  • guardia de honor
  • hacer honor de
  • hacer los honores
  • honores de la guerra
  • lance de honor
  • libro de honor
  • matrícula de honor
  • palabra de honor
  • señora de honor
  • terreno del honor
  • tribunal de honor

[edit]

  • honorable
  • honra
  • honrar
  • honrilla

Further reading[edit]

  • “honor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams[edit]

  • honro, honró, horno

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

honor

  1. indefinite plural of hona.
Источник

честь, почести, почтение, уважение, почет, соблюдать, почтить, чтить, почитать

глагол

- принимать (прерывание из очереди) на обработку
- амер.; = honour

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a lady of honor and virtue — честная и добродетельная дама  
a farewell fête in honor of the mayor — прощальный праздник в честь мэра  
an occasion arranged to honor the president — мероприятие, организованное в честь президента  
to honor / observe a cease-fire — соблюдать соглашение о прекращении огня  
to honor a request — выполнять просьбу  
word of honor — слово чести  
honor camp — амер. лагерь для «почетных заключенных»  
honor bright — честное слово  
come out of an affair with honor — с честью выйти из положения  
honor commitment — почётная обязанность  
honor commitments — выполнять свои обязательства  
conduct oneself with honor — проявить благородство; вести себя благородно  

Примеры с переводом

I pledge my honor 

Клянусь своей честью.

It was an honor to be invited. 

Для меня было большой честью получить приглашение.

I pledge that I will honor my wife 

Я обещаю, что я буду чтить (уважать, относится с почтением) мою жену.

“We plead guilty, Your Honor.” 

“Мы признаём свою вину, Ваша Честь.”

She has a keen sense of honor. 

У неё обостренное чувство собственного достоинства.

He was prepared to fight to defend his family’s honor. 

Он был готов бороться, чтобы защитить честь семьи.

It was an honor and a privilege to dine with royalty. 

Возможность пообедать c членами королевской семьи, была большой честью и привилегией.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

He accepted the honor with humility.  

They have erected a monument in his honor.  

He now sees his wartime injuries as a badge of honor.  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

honorable  — почетный, благородный, честный, почтенный, уважаемый, достопочтенный, знатный
honorary  — почетный, неоплачиваемый
dishonor  — бесчестие, позор, бесславие, бесчестить, позорить, обесчестить
honored  — заслуженный, уважаемый
honors  — награды, почести, онеры

Источник

Noun

Many of the Persians, despite belonging to the Barbarian Other, come off with honor and dignity in his pages, even during the final narrative of Xerxes’ invasion.


—Peter Green, New York Review of Books, 15 May 2008


Whoever footed the bill, the episode gave Marsh a taste of the grand life she yearned for. Presiding at balls in her honor and making entrances at lavish picnics were distinctions she could never have dreamed of back home.


—Edmund S. Morgan et al., New York Review of Books, 27 Sept. 2007


«As I was saying,» he said, smiling at the sea of students before him, all of whom were still gazing transfixed at Mad-Eye Moody, «we are to have the honor of hosting a very exciting event over the coming months, an event that has not been held for over a century.»


—J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000



These people deserve to be treated with honor.



The team brought honor to the school.



The building was named in honor of the city’s founder.



He was prepared to fight to defend his family’s honor.



She has a keen sense of honor.



He would not do it as a matter of honor.



He’s a man of honor.



It was an honor to be invited.

Verb

Cape Ann, an hour’s drive north of Boston, is far sleepier than the famous elbow that bounds the southern reach of Massachusetts Bay.  … There aren’t any schmaltzy songs about my granite cape, which was named to honor a queen, thank you very much.


—Anita Diamant, National Geographic Traveler, September 2005


But by talking with hikers and trail builders in the years since, and tracing the history these stone piles carry with them, I would learn that cairns are more than just interesting curiosities. I would discover that cairns honor the dead, save lives, mark boundaries, protect vegetation, claim territory, and reflect the seasons.


—Barbara Claire Kasselmann, AMC Outdoors, May 1999


Ricketts left for Mexico to study typhus in July of that year, where it killed him in 1910 at the age of thirty-nine. To honor his memory, the organisms that cause typhus and sundry spotted fevers were dubbed rickettsia in 1916.


—Wayne Biddle, A Field Guide to Germs, 1995


«Elegant Attire is a tradition in the Saratoga Clubhouse,» says a sign outside the clubhouse. «Ladies and gentlemen who continue to honor this tradition (e.g., dresses, suits or sport jackets) are always appreciated.» It is not easy to arbitrate good taste, particularly when the temperature is soaring toward the 90’s on a humid day.


—George Vecsey, New York Times, 21 Aug. 1994



When we got married, we promised to love and honor each other.



We were honored with the queen’s presence.



She has been honored by several organizations for her charitable works.



We need to find an appropriate way to honor these brave people.



They have established a scholarship as a way to honor his memory.



They are accused of failing to honor their debts.

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—Jacob Linden, Redbook, 4 Apr. 2023




The Webby Awards introduced a new suite of dedicated honors this year recognizing work in responsible technology as part of a new initiative to inspire the community of creators and innovators to build more responsible and inclusive digital ecosystems.


—Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023




Only college football and men’s college basketball have that honor.


—The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2023




In fact, Trump will not actually be the first sitting or former president to be arrested; that dubious honor belongs to Ulysses S. Grant, who was arrested for riding a horse too fast in the nation’s capital in 1872.


—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023




The show earned Jackson, who is forty-two, the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2022 Tony awards for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical, among other honors.


—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023




Stein received the Rock Hall’s Ahmet Ertegun Award in 2005, an honor well-deserved for a true tastemaker.


—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023




Megan Doyle, Weymouth — The junior midfielder, committed to Yale, poured in a program-record 100 goals last year and added 171 draw controls and 62 ground balls en route to US Lacrosse All-American honors.


—Trevor Hass, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023




Before this week, that honor belonged to fellow BTS member RM.


—Hugh Mcintyre, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023



Law enforcement escorts honored the soldiers en route to the base.


—Christopher Leach Lexington Herald-leader (tns), al, 6 Apr. 2023




Passover is a major Jewish holiday that honors the Biblical story in Exodus, where Israelites were freed from slavery by God in Egypt.


—Phillip Nieto, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2023




Remembering Kristin Smart March 31, 202302:32 Plus, learn more about the Kristin Smart Scholarship, which honors her legacy and memory.


—Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2023




Fairies have also figured prominently into the Van Cleef & Arpels aesthetic since the 1940s; the Féerie collection honors the pop-up’s theme of enchantment by featuring a fairy — in a dress made of diamonds and pink sapphires — seated on a mother-of-pearl cloud.


—Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2023




The Reds honored him in the first inning of Monday’s game with a tribute video, and Barnhart picked up a hit.


—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 4 Apr. 2023




The school plans to publicly honor the team in some way, although how exactly is uncertain.


—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023




That ceremony honored the Judds, Ray Charles, Eddie Bayers and Pete Drake.


—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2023




The others honored Sunday were Purdue’s Zach Edey as the winner of the Naismith Trophy that goes to the nation’s most outstanding player and Kansas State’s Jerome Tang as the Naismith coach of the year.


—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023


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What is the true meaning of honor?

: to regard or treat (someone) with respect and admiration : to show or give honor to (someone) : to show admiration for (someone or something) in a public way : to give a public honor to (someone or something) : to do what is required by (something, such as a promise or a contract)

What are examples of honor?

An example of honor is listening to and obeying someone’s wishes. An example of honor is accepting a check from someone. The definition of honor is high respect, great reputation or high rank received or enjoyed. An example of honor is an excellent student receiving praise for their accomplishments.

What does it mean to be a person of honor?

If you are called a man of honor, you are respected. If someone honors you, they recognize and award you for your achievements. The term honor has always been a word used to describe men and women of high moral worth or great achievement. It can be used as either a noun or verb, and in many different settings.

So, honor is defined as, “showing esteem for one deserving of respect, attention, or obedience.” The supreme level of honor is reserved for God alone (Deut. … To honor God is to revere and fear Him. Only the Lord is deserving of such ultimate glory or reverent fear.

What is the biblical difference between honor and respect?

When used as a noun, ‘respect’ denotes an attitude of regard or consideration whereas ‘honour’ is used to denote the state of being noble, morally upright, virtuous etc.

What makes someone a man of honor?

A man of honor is a male who holds the role of maid of honor. … Especially if your best bud and confidante is male, whether a friend or a sibling, it’s all about choosing what will make you feel good on the most important day of your life.

What does lack of honor mean?

: loss or lack of honor : damage to your reputation and loss of respect from other people. dishonor. verb. English Language Learners Definition of dishonor (Entry 2 of 2) : to cause (someone or something) to lose honor : to cause (someone or something) to no longer be respected.

Is honor earned?

Honor comes from within,and can NEVER be earned FROM OUTSIDE OF ONES SELF. If you mean “honor” in the sense of being honored, it’s something you should earn. If you mean it in the sense of being honorable, it’s not something that’s given or earned, but something you do.

What is a honorable person like?

honorable Add to list Share. The word honorable has to do with people and actions that are honest, fair, and worthy of respect. An honorable person is someone who believes in truth and doing the right thing — and tries to live up to those high principles. When you lose a game, it’s honorable to shake hands.

What is a female best man called?

What Is A Female Best Man Called? Most people call them your Best Woman, but she would be considered as part of the groomsmen. The equivalent exists in the opposite direction, called the Man of Honour.

Is honor a characteristic?

Honor is simply one easy word to sum up a few valuable characteristics of a great leader. Those characteristics are honesty, fairness, integrity, and credibility. … Honesty: Honor and honesty must exist together, one requires the other, and neither can ever stand on their own.

What does it mean to live honorably?

Live With Honor. Live with Honor. To live with honor means to strive to do your best in all aspects of your life. It means living with courage, integrity, purpose, and dignity.

Who can be called honourable?

United States. In the United States, the prefix the Honorable has been used to formally address various officials at the federal and state levels, but it is most commonly used for the President-elect, governors, judges, and members of Congress when formally addressing them.

What is the root of honor?

honour, a word with various meanings all of which derive ultimately from the Latin honos or honor. … Hence the word honour came to mean the respect, esteem, or deference paid to, or received by, a person in consideration of that individual’s character, worth, or position.

How do you speak honor?

What is honor as a leader?

Honor – Being a leader is an honor because it means someone or some group of people has identified you as having the skills and talents to impact something bigger than just yourself. You were chosen when others were not. … Not everyone gets to become a leader, regardless of what he/she has accomplished.

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