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HONOURABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does honourableness mean? 

HONOURABLENESS (noun)
  The noun HONOURABLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honorplay

  Familiarity information: HONOURABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HONOURABLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

honorableness; honourableness

Hypernyms ("honourableness" is a kind of...):

righteousness (adhering to moral principles)

Attribute:

honorable; honourable (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect)

dishonorable; dishonourable (lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "honourableness"):

venerability; venerableness (the quality of deserving veneration)

grandeur; magnanimousness; nobility; nobleness (the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct)

reputability; respectability (honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation)

Derivation:

honourable (worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect)

honourable (adhering to ethical and moral principles)


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