honorable
The word honorable has to do with people and actions that are honest, fair, and worthy of respect.
An honorable person is someone who believes in truth and doing the right thing — and tries to live up to those high principles. When you lose a game, it's honorable to shake hands. If you smash into someone's parked car, it's honorable to leave a note so they can contact you. Telling the truth is honorable. This word is also used for people who are deserving of being honored, like when judges are called "The honorable Judge So-and-so."
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deserving of esteem and respectsynonyms: estimable, good, respectablereputablehaving a good reputation
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worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect“an honorable man”“led an honorable life”“honorable service to his country”synonyms: honourablehonestnot disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulentlaureateworthy of the greatest honor or distinctionjustused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fittingmoralconcerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principlesnoblehaving or showing or indicative of high or elevated characterreputablehaving a good reputationworthyhaving worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirableantonyms:dishonorablelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonoringloriousnot bringing honor and glorydisgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shameshabbymean and unworthy and despicableunprincipledhaving little or no integrityyellowcowardly or treacherousunjustviolating principles of justiceignoblecompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purposedisreputablelacking respectability in character or behavior or appearanceunworthylacking in value or merit
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adhering to ethical and moral principles“followed the only honorable course of action”synonyms: ethical, honourablerightin conformance with justice or law or morality
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not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent
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