honor
honor has 21 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.
Definitions
- n.. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
- n.. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness; specif., in men, integrity; uprightness; trustworthness; in women, purity; chastity.
- n.. A nice sense of what is right, just, and true, with course of life correspondent thereto; strict conformity to the duty imposed by conscience, position, or privilege.
- n.. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.
- n.. Fame; reputation; credit.
- n.. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration; as, he wore an honor on his breast; military honors; civil honors.
- n.. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
- n.. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank; as, His Honor the Mayor. See Note under Honorable.
- n.. A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
- n.. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.
- n.. The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors.
- n.. To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.