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Word entry · 9 letters

honorable

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"Worthy of respect"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈɒn.ə ɹəbl̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abehlnoorStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (HONORABLE).

Definitions

  1. Honest, fair, and worthy of respect.

Word origin

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“to honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Used in a sentence

  • In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary.
  • That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat.
  • Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners.

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