Deserving or winning honor and respect: led an honorable life.
Bringing distinction or recognition: honorable service to one's nation.
Possessing and characterized by honor: an honorable person.
Consistent with honor or good name: followed the only honorable course of action.
Distinguished; illustrious: this honorable gathering of scholars.
Attended by marks of recognition and honor: received an honorable burial.
Honorable Abbr. Hon.
Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials: The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.
not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn: honest] [ant: dishonest]
2.
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" [ant: dishonorable]
3.
adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" [syn: ethical]
4.
deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: estimable]