honourable
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honourable or honorable (ˈɒnərəbəl, ˈɒnrəbəl, ˈɒnərəbəl, ˈɒnrəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | possessing or characterized by high principles: honourable intentions |
| 2. | worthy of or entitled to honour or esteem |
| 3. | consistent with or bestowing honour |
| honorable or honorable | |
| —adj | |
| 'honourableness or honorable | |
| —n | |
| 'honorableness or honorable | |
| —n | |
| 'honourably or honorable | |
| —adv | |
| 'honorably or honorable | |
| —adv | |
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| Honourable or (US) Honorable (ˈɒnərəbəl, ˈɒnrəbəl, ˈɒnərəbəl, ˈɒnrəbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| (prenominal) the Honourable Hon a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another | |
| Honorable or (US) Honorable | |
| —adj | |
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