honorable

Definition

Behaving in a manner that shows honor; decent, having integrity.

Etymology

From Middle English honourable, from Old French honorable, honurable, from Latin honōrābilis, from honōrō (“I honour”); cognate with Italian onorabile, Spanish honorable. By surface analysis, honor + -able. In this sense, largely displaced Old English ārfæst.

Example Sentences

• "In confinement ladies are attended, not by the ordinary doctors, but by women especially devoted to the calling, who regard their profession as honorable and humanitary."
• "That culture considered it no disgrace to be defeated in honorable combat."
• "Luxury was abolished. People lived in honorable marriage. All the women were chaste, faithful, and far from wantoners."