honorableness

Definition of honorablenessnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for honorableness
Noun
  • While critics say these changes are merely cosmetic, many ordinary Bangladeshis have been sold on the veneer of incorruptibility that comes from a theological under-pinning.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Torah frames giving not only as a charitable act, but as righteousness.
    Meg Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Outlaw country to the core, the Illinois native espouses an uncompromising independence and social-justice righteousness missing from the Nashville mainstream — and feigned for appearance’s sake in related circles.
    Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Some people thought the character was too much, but Danica managed to make her just that without losing the truthfulness, and the ending wouldn’t have worked without that.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One tool in Austen’s chest was portraying men as excessively fastidious: over-concerned with propriety, moral rectitude, social rank—or sometimes furniture.
    Chris Cohen, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Preparedness, mature judgment, rectitude and loyalty.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Know that conversations deserve deep sincerity.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Part of what comes to me, Roxana, is my sincerity and my earnestness.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Our students, families, and taxpayers deserve leaders who put the best interests of the community first, not individuals who appear focused on protecting one another instead of protecting the integrity of our school system.
    Ashley Paul, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.
    Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • His efforts to repent led him into a spiral of extreme scrupulosity.
    Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • His function is purely semiotic, and objections to him are hardly rooted in scrupulosity about matters of fact or logic.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2019
Noun
  • White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed off those comments as an example of the president’s frankness.
    Brett Samuels, The Hill, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Their frankness and loyalty are also notable when the call is in.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Honorableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honorableness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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