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as in honest
following the accepted rules of moral conduct
the only honorable thing to do is to admit that you were wrong and apologize
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as in ethical
conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue
it was honorable of you to give all the credit to your friend
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as in moral
guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong
I believe that if I genuinely cannot decide fairly, I should do the honorable thing and decline to serve on the panel
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Recent Examples of honorable
But while that attempt to shield his team may be honorable, the reality is that the Miami back line has let him down on too many occasions this season.
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Mason is an honorable man who has fallen on hard times and is desperately trying to keep from losing the family ranch.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 22 Sep. 2025
Initially receiving a general discharge, Matlovich’s status was posthumously elevated to honorable.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That would be the honest, fair and honorable thing to do.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Mason is an honorable man who has fallen on hard times and is desperately trying to keep from losing the family ranch.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 22 Sep. 2025
Initially receiving a general discharge, Matlovich’s status was posthumously elevated to honorable.
—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That would be the honest, fair and honorable thing to do.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for honorable
Adjective
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When his father’s milestone birthday arrived, the teen saw an opportunity to be brutally honest.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other marketing, the kind of stuff that people who would need to seek out (like, oh, big fans of Bruce) is more honest, like this featurette all about Cooper’s approach to this specific time in The Boss’ life and career.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
26 Oct. 2025
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For architecture fans, the hotel can help set up journeys to pagods and temples over 700 years old; other excursions on offer include trips to floating fishing villages such as Cửa Vạn and Vung Viêng and ethical pearl cultivation.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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Courts have occasionally removed government lawyers from cases when an actual conflict of interest or serious ethical violation was proven.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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There is certainly one moral argument for taking games overseas, for saying that fans who follow their team from all corners of the world deserve to have their game and their heroes brought to them.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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If the scientists like Otto Frisch would have moral reservations about Britain’s use of the bomb, Maslov and Shpinel had no such concerns with regard to the use of the bomb against the capitalist states.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Dohnányis came from a Hungarian noble family that traced its roots back centuries.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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Boots works hard to insist that while there might be a few bad apples along the way, there’s noble work to be done in the armed forces.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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With that in mind, his glowing comments on Jeter paid a nice tribute.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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In her opinion, a courthouse wedding or a small ceremony in a family member's backyard would have been just as nice, Kate said.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Bindi’s only six years older, but is very conscientious and a real caregiver.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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There are unanswered overtures from the choir’s pianist Horner (Robert Emms), a soft, vulnerable young man whose conscientious-objector status renders him a fellow outsider.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
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There are a lot of very respectable academics that have done a lot of really amazing work in Black Studies and Africana Studies.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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As for the rest, Derby rallied to finish a remarkable third (eventually losing to Queens Park Rangers in the play-off final), while Middlesbrough (12th), Bolton (14th) and Wednesday (16th) claimed a respectable mid-table berth.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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In my experience, this is especially true in the lonely hours of the night while struggling with chronic pain.—
Joni Eareckson Tada,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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For most Galatasaray supporters, domestic titles were never the true measure of success; Europe was.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Honorable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honorable. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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