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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HON'ORABLE, a. [L. honorabilis.]
1. Holding a distinguished rank in society; illustrious or noble.
Sheehem was more honorable than all the house of his father. Genesis 34.
Many of them believed; also of honorable women who were Greeks--not a few. Acts 17.
2. Possessing a high mind; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude or reputation. He is an honorable man.
3. Conferring honor, or procured by noble deeds; as honorable wounds.
4. Consistent with honor or reputation. It is not honorable to oppress the weak, or to insult the vanquished.
5. Respected; worthy of respect; regarded with esteem.
Marriage is honorable in all. Hebrews 13.
6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor,or with testimonies of esteem; as an honorable burial.
7. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause,or directed to a just and proper end; not base; not reproachful; as an honorable motive. Nothing can be honorable which is immoral.
8. Not to be disgraced.
Let her descend; my chambers are honorable.
9. Honest; without hypocrisy or deceit; fair.
His intentions appear to be honorable.
10. An epithet of respect or distinction; as the honorable senate; the honorable gentleman.
11. Becoming men of rank and character, or suited to support men in a station of dignity; as an honorable salary.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting" [syn: honest, honorable] [ant: dishonest, dishonorable]
2: worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" [syn: honorable, honourable] [ant: dishonorable, dishonourable]
3: adhering to ethical and moral principles; "it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action" [syn: ethical, honorable, honourable]
4: deserving of esteem and respect; "all respectable companies give guarantees"; "ruined the family's good name" [syn: estimable, good, honorable, respectable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. deserving of honor 2. a. of great renown ; illustrious b. entitled to honor — used as a title for the children of certain British noblemen and for various government officials 3. performed or accompanied with marks of honor or respect 4. a. attesting to creditable conduct b. consistent with an untarnished reputation <an honorable withdrawal> 5. characterized by integrity ; guided by a high sense of honor and duty Synonyms: see upright • honorability noun • honorableness noun • honorably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of HONOURABLE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Honorable Hon"or*a*ble, a. [F. honorable, L. honorabilis.] 1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. --Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive. Is this proceeding just and honorable? --Shak. 4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds. Honorable wounds from battle brought. --Dryden. 5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude. Marriage is honorable in all. --Heb. xiii. 4. 6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; an honorable burial. 7. Of reputable association or use; respectable. Let her descend: my chambers are honorable. --Shak. 8. An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman. Note: Honorable is a title of quality, conferred by English usage upon the younger children of earls and all the children of viscounts and barons. The maids of honor, lords of session, and the supreme judges of England and Ireland are entitled to the prefix. In American usage, it is a title of courtesy merely, bestowed upon those who hold, or have held, any of the higher public offices, esp. governors, judges, members of Congress or of the Senate, mayors. Right honorable. See under Right.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

on'-er-a-b'-l (kabhedh; euschemon): In the Old Testament "honorable" is for the most part the translation of kabhedh, properly, "to be heavy," "weighty" (Ge 34:19, the Revised Version (British and American) "honored"; Nu 22:15; 1Sa 9:6; Isa 3:5, etc.); kabhodh, "weight," "heaviness," etc., occurs in Isa 5:13; hodh, "beauty," "majesty," "honor" (Ps 111:3, the Revised Version (British and American) "honor"); 'adhar, "to make honorable," "illustrious" (Isa 42:21, "magnify the law, and make it honorable," the Revised Version margin "make the teaching great and glorious"); yaqar}, "precious" (Ps 45:9); [~nasa' panim, "lifted up of face" (2Ki 5:1; Isa 3:3; 9:15); nesu phanim (Job 22:8, the Revised Version margin "he whose person is accepted"); euschemon, literally, "well fashioned," is translated Mr 15:43, the King James Version "honorable," the Revised Version (British and American) "of honorable estate"; compare Ac 13:50; 17:12; endoxos, "in glory," occurs 1Co 4:10, the Revised Version (British and American) "glory"; timios, "weighty" (Heb 13:4, the Revised Version (British and American) "had in honor"); atimos, "without weight or honor" (1Co 12:23, "less honorable"); entimos, "in honor" (Lu 14:8), "more honorable."

The Revised Version (British and American) gives for "honorable" (1Sa 9:6), "held in honor"; for "Yet shall I be glorious" (Isa 49:5), "I am honorable"; "honorable" for "honest" (Ro 12:17; 2Co 13:7; Php 4:8, margin "reverend"); for "honestly" (Heb 13:18) the American Standard Revised Version has "honorably."

In Apocrypha we have endoxos translated "honorable" (Tobit 12:7, the Revised Version (British and American) "gloriously"); endoxos (Judith 16:21), timios (The Wisdom of Solomon 4:8), doxazo (Ecclesiasticus 24:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "glorified"), doxa (29:27, the Revised Version (British and American) "honor"), etc.

W. L. Walker

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Illustrious, noble, great, of high rank. 2. Upright, just, honest, fair, trustworthy, trusty, true, conscientious, virtuous, magnanimous, high-minded, as good as one's word. 3. Reputable, creditable, estimable, right, proper, equitable.

Moby Thesaurus

Christian, acclaimed, appropriate, artless, august, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, blameless, celebrated, clean, conscientious, correct, creditable, decent, disinterested, distinguished, dreadful, eminent, equitable, erect, esteemed, estimable, ethical, exalted, fair, fair and square, famed, famous, fitting, full of integrity, good, guileless, held in esteem, high-minded, high-principled, highly esteemed, highly regarded, highly reputed, highly respectable, honest, honorary, honored, honorific, illustrious, immaculate, impartial, in favor, in good odor, in high favor, incorruptible, ingenuous, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, meritorious, moral, noble, notable, noted, noteworthy, on the level, open, prestigious, principled, proper, pure, renowned, reputable, respectable, respected, revered, reverend, right, right-minded, righteous, scrupulous, sincere, spotless, square, stainless, sterling, straight, time-honored, true, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, trustworthy, trusty, unbiased, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undeceitful, undeceiving, undefiled, unimpeachable, unprejudiced, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, venerable, venerated, virtuous, well-thought-of, worshipful, worthy, yeomanly