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The definition of honorable is a person with a high position, worthy of respect or with high morals.

(adjective)

An example of honorable is a Supreme Court judge.
An example of honorable is the Dalai Lama.

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See honorable in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

worthy of being honored; specif.,
1. of, or having a position of, high rank or worth: used as a title of courtesy for certain officials and for the children of certain British peers: our Representative, the Honorable Jane Smith
2. noble; illustrious
3. of good reputation; respectable
having or showing a sense of right and wrong; characterized by honesty and integrity; upright
bringing honor to the owner or doer
doing honor; accompanied with marks of respect: an honorable burial

Origin: ME honourable < OFr honorable < L honorabilis < honor

Related Forms:

honorability noun or honorableness
honorably adverb

See honorable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

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.
a. Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials: The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
b. Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
c. Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.

Related Forms:

honˈor·a·ble·ness noun

honˈor·a·bly adverb

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