Cleveland.com: In Elif Shafak's 'Honor,' men have honor while women have shame
In Turkish novelist Elif Shafak's "Honor," the present and past are stacked in layers, like the slices of silted time found in an archaeological dig. Remarkably, some of these slices feel as if they ...
HONOUR definition: 1. a quality that combines respect, being proud, and honesty: 2. in order to celebrate or show…. Learn more.
Honour is the British English spelling of the word "honor." Honour means respect or prestige. If a teacher wants her students to treat her with honour, she has to be worthy of it, showing them the respect they deserve. An honour is also a tangible award that you are given for some accomplishment.
Definition of honour noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Use an, not a, before honour. Idioms. [uncountable] great respect for somebody. They stood in silence as a mark of honour to her. do honour to somebody/something This biography does great honour to the poet's achievements.
Honour means doing what you believe to be right and being confident that you have done what is right. The officers died faithful to Poland and to the honour of a soldier. I do not believe I can any longer serve with honour as a member of your government.
Hence the word honour came to mean the respect, esteem, or deference paid to, or received by, a person in consideration of that individual’s character, worth, or position.
place (also seat, chair, etc.) of honour: a place (seat, chair, etc.) reserved for or allocated to a person or thing held in great honour or esteem; also in extended use.