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honourable

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
honourable /ˈɒnərəbl/ (US honorable)

▶adjective

1 bringing or worthy of honour.

2 (Honourable) a title given to certain high officials, the children of some ranks of the nobility, and MPs.

3 chiefly humorous (of the intentions of a man courting a woman) directed towards marriage.

– derivatives
honourableness noun,
honourably adverb.

'honourable' also found in these Oxford entries:

amende honorable - game - gentility - gentleman - hara-kiri - Hon - honorable - honourable mention - ignoble - knight - Most Honourable - Prince Charming - Right Honourable - Rt Hon. - standard - unworthy - upright

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honourable provision , pleasantest preservative from want.

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