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Difference Between Honorable and Praiseworthy

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Definitions

Honorable

Deserving or winning honor and respect
Led an honorable life.

Praiseworthy

Meriting praise; highly commendable.

Honorable

Bringing distinction or recognition
Honorable service to one's nation.

Praiseworthy

Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

Honorable

Possessing and characterized by honor
An honorable person.

Praiseworthy

Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.
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Honorable

Consistent with honor or good name
Followed the only honorable course of action.

Praiseworthy

Worthy of high praise;
Applaudable efforts to save the environment
A commendable sense of purpose
Laudable motives of improving housing conditions
A significant and praiseworthy increase in computer intelligence

Honorable

Distinguished; illustrious
This honorable gathering of scholars.

Honorable

Attended by marks of recognition and honor
Received an honorable burial.

Honorable

Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials
The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

Honorable

Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
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Honorable

Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.

Honorable

Worthy of respect; respectable.

Honorable

(politics) A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.

Honorable

A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".

Honorable

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.
Thy name and honorable family.

Honorable

High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation.

Honorable

Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive.
Is this proceeding just and honorable?

Honorable

Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.
Honorable wounds from battle brought.

Honorable

Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent with honor or rectitude.
Marriage is honorable in all.

Honorable

Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of esteem; as, an honorable burial.

Honorable

Of reputable association or use; respectable.
Let her descend: my chambers are honorable.

Honorable

An epithet of respect or distinction; as, the honorable Senate; the honorable gentleman.

Honorable

Not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent;
Honest lawyers
Honest reporting
An honest wage
Honest weight

Honorable

Showing or characterized by honor and integrity;
An honorable man
Led an honorable life
Honorable service to his country

Honorable

Used as a title of respect;
My honorable colleague
Our worthy commanding officer

Honorable

Adhering to ethical and moral principles;
It seems ethical and right
Followed the only honorable course of action
Had the moral courage to stand alone

Honorable

Deserving of esteem and respect;
All respectable companies give guarantees
Ruined the family's good name

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