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# honourable

adjective (honourable; US: honorable); title (the Honourable)

«honourable» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Good, honest and fair; deserving respect. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#m1)
2. Done in a way that keeps your honour, as in «an honourable draw». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#m2)
3. (formal) «the Honourable» — a title for some judges, politicians and officials; in Parliament «my honourable friend». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it describes a hero who keeps promises and tells the truth. In sport an «honourable defeat» means you lost but played well and fairly. In social studies pupils meet «the Honourable Member» in parliaments in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. «Honourable mention» is a prize for doing well without winning.

### Examples

- The knight was honourable and never lied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x1)
- Giving back the lost wallet was the honourable thing to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x2)
- Our poem got an honourable mention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x3)
- It was an honourable draw against a strong team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x4)
- The Honourable Judge Smith entered the court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x5)
- «My honourable friend is mistaken,» said the MP. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x6)
- An honourable person keeps their word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x7)
- “I also,” he said, “have an honourable record.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/#x8)

### Note

UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland spell «honourable»; the USA spells «honorable». The h is silent, so it is «an honourable man». Opposite: dishonourable. Abbreviation in titles: Hon.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means of higher rank and greater standing, not just good and fair. In the primary lessons: In stories it describes a hero who keeps promises and tells the truth. In sport an «honourable defeat» means you lost but played well and fairly. In social studies pupils meet «the Honourable Member» in parliaments in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. «Honourable mention» is a prize for doing well without winning.

### Examples

- And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. (Torah NUM.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honourable/#x1)
- He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. (Prophets 2SA.23.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honourable/#x2)
- He was most honourable of the three; therefore he was made their captain; howbeit he attained not unto the first three. (Prophets 2SA.23.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honourable/#x3)
- Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? (Prophets ISA.23.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honourable/#x4)

### Note

UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland spell «honourable»; the USA spells «honorable». The h is silent, so it is «an honourable man». Opposite: dishonourable. Abbreviation in titles: Hon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honourable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honourable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honourable.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «honourable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honourable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honourable» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/honourable.html) on Mova free.