honourable

 
Pronunciation: /ˈɒn(ə)rəb(ə)l/
(US honorable)

adjective

  • 1bringing or deserving honour: this is the only honourable course a decent and honourable man
  • formal or humorous (of the intentions of a man courting a woman) directed towards marriage: the young man’s intentions had been honourable
  • 2 (Honourable) used as a title for certain high officials, the children of certain ranks of the nobility, and MPs: the Honourable Alan Simpson, US Senator

Derivatives

honourableness

noun

honourably

adverb

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin honorabilis, from honor 'honour'