Honorableness

hon·or·a·ble  (nr--bl)

adj.

1. Deserving or winning honor and respect: led an honorable life.

2. Bringing distinction or recognition: honorable service to one's nation.

3. Possessing and characterized by honor: an honorable person.

4. Consistent with honor or good name: followed the only honorable course of action.

5. Distinguished; illustrious: this honorable gathering of scholars.

6. Attended by marks of recognition and honor: received an honorable burial.

7. 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.

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honor·a·ble·ness n.

honor·a·bly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

honorableness - the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor honourableness righteousness - adhering to moral principles venerability, venerableness - the quality of deserving veneration magnanimousness, nobleness, grandeur, nobility - the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct reputability, respectability - honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation dishonorableness, dishonourableness - the quality of not deserving honor or respect