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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 honor
Familiarity information: HONOURABLENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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