honorable

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more honorablemost honorablehonble

Superlative

Honorablehonourable

1.
(US)Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.
2.
(US)Worthy of respect; respectable.
Đồng nghĩa: estimable, noble, venerable, admirable, allowable, commendable, creditable, estimable, glorious, honorable, laudable, praiseworthy, respectable, reverable, reverend, valuable, venerable, worthy
3.
(US)Complying with cultural rules regarding honor; not provoking shame or disgrace.
That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
4.
(US)(politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.
Đồng nghĩa: Hon'ble, Hon.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

honorableshonbleHonorablehonourable

1.
(US)A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

estimablenoble venerable admirableallowablecommendable creditable gloriouslaudablepraiseworthy respectable reverable reverend valuable worthyHon'bleHon.

Trái nghĩa

contemptible despicable mean

Cùng gốc / liên quan

right honorableright honourable

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (to honour); cognate with onorabile, honorable. honor. In this sense, largely displaced ārfæst.