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Definition of Honourableness
1. Noun. The quality of deserving honor or respect; characterized by honor.
Generic synonyms: Righteousness
Specialized synonyms: Venerability, Venerableness, Grandeur, Magnanimousness, Nobility, Nobleness, Reputability, Respectability
Attributes: Honorable, Honourable, Dishonorable, Dishonourable
Antonyms: Dishonorableness
Derivative terms: Honorable, Honorable, Honorable, Honorable, Honourable, Honourable
Definition of Honourableness
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of honorableness) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Honourableness
Literary usage of Honourableness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ecce Mundus: Industrial Ideals and the Book Beautifulby Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson by Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson (1902)
"... honourableness of the Trade for whose members they are founded. And I believe
that Art may do noble work by recording in the hall of each trade, ..."
2. The Academic Questions: Treatise De Finibus and Tusculan Disputations of M by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1872)
"... and honourableness (in which alone every good was to consist) with Cato; in
the first place, the arguments which were urged against pleasure are nearly ..."
3. The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi (1902)
"I stood me on a chair, raising up my arms with my gift. The poor sparrow was scared.
He cast a gray " honourableness " on my hand. 0 naughty "chui chui ! ..."
4. The Academic Questions: Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M by Marcus Tullius Cicero (1853)
"... for in whatever manner the chief good is explained, so as to be unconnected
with honourableness, in that system duty, and virtue, and friendship, ..."
5. A Treatise on the Moral Ideals by John Grote (1876)
"Conscientiousness and honourableness often involve therefore much of imagination,
ie imagination comes in aid of the maintenance of the independence of our ..."
6. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1829)
"Christ had a greater trial of his virtue in this respect than any other had, from
the honourableness of his person. This was the temptation of the angels ..."
7. Anti-theistic Theories: Being the Baird Lecture for 1877 by Robert Flint (1894)
"While they are alive we have the distinctions of intelligence and stupidity,
honourableness and meanness; when they are dead we have so much rottenness ..."
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