honourable

honourable US honorable adjective

1. possessing or characterized by high principleshonourable intentions
2. worthy of or entitled to honour or esteem
3. consistent with or bestowing honour

Derived Formshonourableness or US honorableness, nounhonourably or US honorably, adverb Honourable US Honorable adjective

1. the Honourable (prenominal) a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of anotherAbbreviation: Hon

Examples from the Web for honourable Historical Examples of honourable

Would it be so criminal when it all tends to what is honourable—marriage?

The Imaginary Invalid

Molire

A most honourable person, but one who has had many misfortunes.

The Dream

Emile Zola

There is an ingenuousness, an honourable frankness about him, that I love.

Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10)

Maria Edgeworth

This is not an honourable way of proceeding in Mr. Lovelace.

Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9)

Samuel Richardson

That would have been asking too much, of the most honourable man, in the circumstances.

It Happened in Egypt

C. N. Williamson

Word Origin and History for honourable adj.

chiefly British English spelling of honorable; also see -or. Related: Honourably.