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Definitions for Honourable
Hon·ourable
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Princeton's WordNet
honorable, honourableadjective
worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect
"an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country"
ethical, honorable, honourableadjective
adhering to ethical and moral principles
"it seems ethical and right"; "followed the only honorable course of action"
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Honourable' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1993
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Honourable in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Honourable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Honourable in a Sentence
Tough as nails, maybe a little like Patton in World War 2, but an honourable guy, he pushed us really hard, but I learned a lot from him. We all did.
Birds don't need bridges to cross precipices and honourable men with honesty wings to cross precipices of slander.
William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2:
For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men.
Søren Kierkegaard, Asluttende uvidenskabeligt Efterskrift:
Alas! While the speculative honourable professor explains the entire existence has he in distraction forgotten his own name, that he is a man, purely and simply a man, not a fantastic 38 of a paragraph.
Whoever is open, loyal, true of humane and affable demeanour honourable himself, and in his judgement of others faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman.
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