honor

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate.
2. n. Good name; reputation.
3. n. A source or cause of credit: was an honor to the profession.
4. n. Glory or recognition; distinction.
5. n. A mark, token, or gesture of respect or distinction: the place of honor at the table.
6. n. A military decoration.
7. n. A title conferred for achievement.
8. n. High rank.
9. n. The dignity accorded to position: awed by the honor of his office.
10. n. Great privilege: I have the honor to present the governor.
11. n. Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for certain officials, such as judges and mayors: Her Honor the Mayor.
12. n. Principled uprightness of character; personal integrity.
13. n. A code of integrity, dignity, and pride, chiefly among men, that was maintained in some societies, as in feudal Europe, by force of arms.
14. n. A woman's chastity or reputation for chastity.
15. n. Social courtesies offered to guests: did the honors at tea.
16. n. Special recognition for unusual academic achievement: graduated from college with honors.
17. n. A program of advanced study for exceptional students: planned to take honors in history.
18. n. Sports The right of being first at the tee in golf.
19. n. Games Any of the four or five highest cards, especially the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit, in card games such as bridge or whist.
20. n. Games The points allotted to these cards. Often used in the plural.
21. v. To hold in respect; esteem.
22. v. To show respect for.
23. v. To bow to (another dancer) in square dancing: Honor your partner.
24. v. To confer distinction on: He has honored us with his presence.
25. v. To accept or pay as valid: honor a check; a store that honors all credit cards.
26. idiom. honor bound Under an obligation enforced by the personal integrity of the one obliged: I was honor bound to admit that she had done the work.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. Respect blended with some degree of reverence; esteem due to worth or exalted merit of any kind; deferential approbation or admiration.
2. n. Personal title to high respect or esteem; elevation of character; a controlling sense of what is right, true, and due; probity of feeling and conduct: often applied specifically to loyalty and high courage in men and chastity in women, as virtues of the highest consideration.
3. n. A state, condition, circumstance, or character which confers or attracts high consideration and respect; hence, a person of such condition or character; a source or ground of esteem, respect, or consideration, as elevated rank, dignity, conduct, etc.: as, a post of honor; I have not the honor of his acquaintance; he is an honor to his country.
4. n. Hence That which attracts respect or admiration; distinction; adornment.
5. n. A manifestation or token of esteem; a mark of respect, distinction, or high consideration: as, to do one honor; the honor of knighthood; the honors of war; military honors.
6. n. With a possessive personal pronoun, a deferential title of address or denotation formerly used for men of superior condition generally, but now (except as a mark of servility) restricted in England to the holders of certain offices, particularly judges, including those of the county courts, and in the United States to mayors, judges, and magistrates: as, your honor; his honor the judge.
7. n. In English law, a seigniory of several manors held under one baron or lord paramount. Although it was not a distinct organization, but an aggregate of several manors, one court-baron was often held for the whole, but regarded as the court of each several manor. The name seems also to have been sometimes applied to a single great manor, escheating to the king, and farmed out for him, or granted by him anew.
8. n. In whist, one of the four highest trump-cards. See whist.
9. n. plural Civilities paid; hospitalities or courtesies rendered, as at an entertainment.
10. n. Special rank or distinction conferred by a university, college, or school upon a student for eminence in scholarship or success in some particular subject: usually in the plural.
11. n. In several European armies, a court composed of officers authorized to inquire into and punish all breaches of the principles of honor on the part of officers.
12. n. Under the code or laws of honor, the obligation to demand or grant satisfaction for a wrong or an insult, especially by means of a duel.
13. n. To gain respect for by honorable or laudable action; do something that brings honor or credit to: as, to do honor to one's self, or to one's profession or country.
14. n. Synonyms Fame, Renown, etc. (see glory, n.); repute, consideration, esteem, credit, respect, homage, civility, deference, high-mindedness, nobleness.
15. n. Integrity, Probity, etc.
16. To hold in honor; regard with honor; treat with deference; respect; revere; when said of the Supreme Being, to reverence; adore; worship.
17. To bestow honor upon; do or bring honor to; distinguish honorably or respectfully; favor (with) as an honor: as, to honor one with a title.
18. To perform some duty of respect or credit toward: as, to honor an invitation or an introduction; specifically, in com., to accept and pay when due: as, to honor a bill of exchange.
19. n. In golf, the right to play off first from the tee.

Wiktionary

1. n. uncountable The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; the perception of such a state.
2. n. uncountable Veneration of someone, usually for being morally upright and/or competent.
3. n. countable A prize or award.
4. n. countable The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.
5. n. countable, card games An ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge.
6. n. countable The privilege of going first.
7. v. transitive, US To show respect for.
8. v. transitive, US To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, request, or the like).
9. v. transitive, US To bestow an honor on a person

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.
2. n. That which rightfully attracts esteem, respect, or consideration; self-respect; dignity; courage; fidelity; especially, excellence of character; high moral worth; virtue; nobleness.
3. n. Purity; chastity; -- a term applied mostly to women, but becoming uncommon in usage.
4. n. 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; integrity; uprightness; trustworthness.
5. n. That to which esteem or consideration is paid; distinguished position; high rank.
6. n. Fame; reputation; credit.
7. n. A token of esteem paid to worth; a mark of respect; a ceremonial sign of consideration
8. n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
9. n. A title applied to the holders of certain honorable civil offices, or to persons of rank. See Note under Honorable.
10. n. (Feud. Law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
11. n. Academic or university prizes or distinctions.
12. n. (Whist) The ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps. The ten and nine are sometimes called Dutch honors.
13. v. 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.
14. v. 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.
15. v. (Com.) To accept and pay when due.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the quality of being honorable and having a good name
2. v. accept as pay
3. v. show respect towards
4. v. bestow honor or rewards upon
5. n. the state of being honored
6. n. a woman's virtue or chastity
7. n. a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction