Honor \Hon"or\ ([o^]n"[~e]r), n. [OE. honor, honour, onour, onur, OF. honor, onor, honur, onur, honour, onour, F. honneur, fr. L. honor, honos.] [Written also {honour}.] 1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. --Matt. xiii. 57.
2. 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.
If she have forgot Honor and virtue. --Shak.
Godlike erect, with native honor clad. --Milton.
3. 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.
Say, what is honor? 'T is the finest sense Of justice which the human mind can frame, Intent each lurking frailty to disclaim, And guard the way of life from all offense Suffered or done. --Wordsworth.
I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more. --Lovelace.
4. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank. ``Restored me to my honors.'' --Shak.
I have given thee . . . both riches, and honor. --1 Kings iii. 13.
Thou art clothed with honor and majesty. --Ps. civ. 1.
5. Fame; reputation; credit.
Some in theiractions do woo, and affect honor and reputation. --Bacon.
If my honor is meant anything distinct from conscience, 't is no more than a regard to the censure and esteem of the world. --Rogers.
6. 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. ``Their funeral honors.'' --Dryden.
7. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament; as, he is an honor to his nation.
8. 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}.
9. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. --Cowell.
10. pl. Academic or university prizes or distinctions; as, honors in classics.
11. pl. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors. --R. A. Proctor.
{Affair of honor}, a dispute to be decided by a duel, or the duel itself.
{Court of honor}, a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature.
{Debt of honor}, a debt contracted by a verbal promise, or by betting or gambling, considered more binding than if recoverable by law.
{Honor bright!} An assurance of truth or fidelity. [Colloq.]
{Honor court} (Feudal Law), one held in an honor or seignory.
{Honor point}. (Her.) See {Escutcheon}.
{Honors of war} (Mil.), distinctions granted to a vanquished enemy, as of marching out from a camp or town armed, and with colors flying.
{Law of honor} or {Code of honor}, certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among persons of fashion, and which are founded on a regard to reputation. --Paley.
{Maid of honor}, a lady of rank, whose duty it is to attend the queen when she appears in public.
{On one's honor}, on the pledge of one's honor; as, the members of the House of Lords in Great Britain, are not under oath, but give their statements or verdicts on their honor.
{Point of honor}, a scruple or nice distinction in matters affecting one's honor; as, he raised a point of honor.
{To do the honors}, to bestow honor, as on a guest; to act as host or hostess at an entertainment. ``To do the honors and to give the word.'' --Pope.
{To do one honor}, to confer distinction upon one.
{To have the honor}, to have the privilege or distinction.
{Word of honor}, an engagement confirmed by a pledge of honor.
Honor \Hon"or\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Honoring}.] [OE. honouren, onouren, OF. honorer, honourer, F. honorer, fr. L. honorare, fr. honor, n.] 1. 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.
Honor thy father and thy mother. --Ex. xx. 12.
That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. --John v. 23.
It is a custom More honor'd in the breach than the observance. --Shak.
2. To dignify; to raise to distinction or notice; to bestow honor upon; to elevate in rank or station; to ennoble; to exalt; to glorify; hence, to do something to honor; to treat in a complimentary manner or with civility.
Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighten to honor. --Esther vi. 9.
The name of Cassius honors this corruption. --Shak.
3. (Com.) To accept and pay when due; as, to honora bill of exchange.
And this year, the party decided the 1956 revolt was a popular uprising, not the counterrevolution it had been called for 33 years. On June 16, Nagy's remains were reburied with honor.
Yasukuni Shrine was established in 1869 to honor Japan's war dead.
The black-tie event is to benefit a Planned Parenthood fund to honor Miss Hepburn's mother, Katharine Houghton Hepburn.
His wavering prompted Geiger to publicly call him a "wimp." It also renewed her determination to honor the man she credits with changing her life.
Country-western's Michael Martin Murphy wrote a song in his honor.
A military honor guard fired a salute as workers shoveled soil over his red and black coffin.
Such cases are relatively infrequent, since the news media generally honor promises of confidentiality.
The grand marshal was Shirley Temple Black, 60, who enjoyed the same honor 50 years ago when she was Hollywood's child acting sensation.
Francis Folefac of Baltimore said he was aware of the strike, but that Eastern representatives told him "they were just trying to honor the ad in the paper."
The award is named in honor of a U.S. Secret Service agency killed in the line of duty.
Mandela, accompanied by his wife, Winnie, inspected a military honor guard, but did not give a speech.
Relatives of American and British hostages held in Lebanon lit candles Sunday night to honor the captives and appeal for their release.
I spoke with Larry's mother and revealed the true nature of Larry Gatliff's honor.
While he won't be allowed to call himself Sir Charles _ an honor reserved for British subjects _ he is entitled to use the initials KBE after his name.
Although airlines generally honor each other's tickets, competitors stopped honoring Eastern tickets after it filed for bankruptcy protection.
Perez De Cuellar made the comments Friday at a dinner in his honor shortly after his arrival in Albania, the last hard-line Communist nation in Eastern Europe.
"Grand Moron" Leo Honeycutt of WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge was to preside over events today and Sunday to honor former Three Stooges member Shemp Howard.
TranStar said it will continue to take reservations and will honor tickets for all flights through Aug. 9.
Without an increased debt ceiling, the Federal Reserve Board would order banks, starting Thursday, not to honor any checks issued by the U.S. Treasury.
President Reagan and other U.S. officials marked the ninth anniversary of Soviet intervention in Afghanistan stressing that they expect Moscow to honor its commitment to complete military withdrawal by Feb. 15.
"This is a golden age for Japan," Reagan told some 600 people attending a banquet in his honor. "A genuine golden age provides the world with a distinctive idea, a philosophy, a cause, a greater good.
They had tried to lay flowers in Wenceslas Square to honor Jan Palach, a 20-year-old student who burned himself alive 20 years ago to protest the Soviet-led invasion that ended the liberal "Prague Spring" in August 1968.
Castro kissed Gorbachev's wife, Raisa, on both cheeks before escorting Gorbachev on a review of the presidential honor guard.
Some proceeds from sales of the coin, the first to honor a living American athlete, will benefit the Amateur Athletic Union and United States Diving Inc., officials said.
Cranston said no president was featured on the nation's coins until 1909 when Abraham Lincoln was granted the honor on his 100th birthday.
A bust of Anderson sculpted by artist Louis Dlugosz was placed Friday in Batavia's City Hall, alongside a scrapbook of local events held in Anderson's honor over the past six years.
They were faithful to Poland and to military honor until they breathed their last.
Futures margin is not part of a credit extension, but is a performance bond paid by both the buyer and seller to assure that they will honor obligations to bear price risk.
On the next Friday his older granddaughter was in the gallery and Byrd decided to make another speech in her honor.
She lived at Glen Echo, Md., midpoint of the seven-mile stretch of parkway now named in her honor.