honorable

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Deserving or winning honor and respect: led an honorable life.
2. adj. Bringing distinction or recognition: honorable service to one's nation.
3. adj. Possessing and characterized by honor: an honorable person.
4. adj. Consistent with honor or good name: followed the only honorable course of action.
5. adj. Distinguished; illustrious: this honorable gathering of scholars.
6. adj. Attended by marks of recognition and honor: received an honorable burial.
7. adj. Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials: The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
8. adj. Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
9. adj. Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Worthy of being honored; entitled to deference or respect on account of character or rank; eminent; illustrious.
2. Actuated by principles of honor or a scrupulous regard to rectitude or reputation; acting justly or in good faith.
3. Conferring or suitable for honor or distinction; creditable; reputable.
4. Consistent with or conformable to honor or reputation; honest; sincere; marked by probity or good faith: as, honorable intentions or motives; an honorable character.
5. Held in honor; worthy of respect; free from shame or disgrace; respectable: as, honorable poverty.
6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor or with testimonials of esteem: as, an honorable burial.
7. Of respectable quality or amount; adequate to requirement; sufficient: as, an honorable salary.
8. An epithet put before a person's name as a conventional title of respect or distinction. In Great Britain this title is bestowed upon the younger sons of earls and the children of viscounts and barons, and upon persons occupying official places of trust and honor; also upon the House of Commons as a body, as formerly upon the East India Company. In the United States it is commonly given to persons who hold or have held any considerable office under the national or State government, particularly to members and ex-members of Congress and of State legislatures, to judges, justices, and some other judicial officers, as well as to certain executive officers. Abbreviated Hon.
9. Synonyms Honorary, Honorable. See honorary.
10. Just, upright, conscientious, high-minded, magnanimous. See comparison under honesty.
11. n. An honored or distinguished person.
12. n. One who bears the formal or official title of honorable.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Worthy of respect; respectable.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
2. adj. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.
3. adj. Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair.
4. adj. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
5. adj. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
6. adj. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem.
7. adj. Of reputable association or use; respectable.
8. adj. An epithet of respect or distinction

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. deserving of esteem and respect
2. adj. adhering to ethical and moral principles
3. adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
4. adj. worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect