honor

n.

1. Respect

   reverence, esteem, worship, adoration, veneration, high reward, trust, faith, confidence, recognition, praise, attention, deference, notice, consideration, renown, reputation, repute, homage, account, laurel, elevation, approbation, wreath, credit, eulogium, adulation, laud, tribute, celebration, exaltation, good report, apotheosis, lionization, immortalization, fealty, mark of approval, deification, dignification, glorification, canonization, aggrandizement, righteousness; see also admiration.

   Antonyms opprobrium, disgrace*, disrepute. *

2. Glory

   exaltation, greatness, renown; see fame 1.

3. Integrity

   courage, character, truthfulness; see honesty 1.

honor implies popular acknowledgment of a person's right to great respect as well as any expression of such respect in honor of the martyred dead; homage suggests great esteem shown in praise, tributes, or obeisance to pay homage to the genius of Bach; reverence implies deep respect together with love he held her memory in reverence; deference suggests a display of courteous regard for a superior, or for one to whom respect is due, by yielding to the person's status, claims, or wishes in deference to his age

do honor to

do the honors

on one's honor

honor

v.

1. To treat with respect

   worship, sanctify, venerate; see praise 1.

2. To recognize worth

   esteem, value, look up to; see admire 1.

3. To recognize as valid

   clear, pass, accept; see acknowledge 2.

Honor

n.