You should do the honorable thing and resign.
Source: tatoeba (16177)
Honorable
//ˈɒnəɹəbl̩//
Synonyms for "honorable" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
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renownedreputablerespectedreveredreverendrightright mindedright-mindedrighteoussavoryscrupuloussincerespotlesssquarestainlesssterlingstraightstraightforwardsublimetime honouredtime-honoredtruetrue-dealingtrue-devotedtrue-disposingtrue-souledtrue-spiritedtrueheartedtrustworthytrustyunbiasedunblemisheduncorruptuncorruptedundeceitfulundeceivingundefiledunimpeachableunprejudicedunspottedunstainedunsullieduntarnisheduprightuprighteousupstandingveneratedvirtuouswell-thought-ofworshipfulworthyyeomanly
Adjective(1 words)
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Antonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
14 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
71 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τίμιος adj (worthy of respect)
Armenian
1 entries- պատվարժան adj (worthy of respect)
Belarusian
4 entries- паважа́ны adj (worthy of respect)
- пачэ́сны adj (worthy of respect)
- шано́ўны adj (worthy of respect)
- шляхе́тны adj (worthy of respect)
Bulgarian
3 entries- достопочте́н adj (worthy of respect)
- почте́н adj (worthy of respect)
- уважа́ем adj (worthy of respect)
Catalan
1 entries- honorable adj (worthy of respect)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可敬 adj (worthy of respect)
Czech
1 entries- ctihodný adj (worthy of respect)
Dutch
4 entries- edelachtbaar adj (worthy of respect)
- eervol adj (worthy of respect)
- hoogedelgestreng adj (worthy of respect)
- hooggeacht adj (worthy of respect)
Esperanto
1 entries- honorinda adj (worthy of respect)
Finnish
2 entries- kunnianarvoisa adj (worthy of respect)
- kunnioitettava adj (worthy of respect)
French
1 entries- honorable adj (worthy of respect)
Galician
1 entries- honorable adj (worthy of respect)
Georgian
1 entries- პატივცემული adj (worthy of respect)
German
1 entries- ehrbar adj (worthy of respect)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍃 adj (worthy of respect)
Greek
2 entries- αξιότιμος adj (worthy of respect)
- εντιμότατος adj (worthy of respect)
Hungarian
1 entries- tiszteletreméltó adj (worthy of respect)
Italian
2 entries- onorabile adj (worthy of respect)
- onorevole adj (worthy of respect)
Japanese
3 entries- 偉い adj (worthy of respect)
- 立派な adj (worthy of respect)
- 素晴らしい adj (worthy of respect)
Kazakh
1 entries- мәртебелі adj (worthy of respect)
Latin
2 entries- honestus adj (worthy of respect)
- honōrābilis adj (worthy of respect)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആദരണീയനായ adj (worthy of respect)
- ബഹുമാനപ്പെട്ട adj (worthy of respect)
Māori
1 entries- whakahōnore adj (worthy of respect)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- hederlig adj (worthy of respect)
- respektabel adj (worthy of respect)
- ærverdig adj (worthy of respect)
Occitan
1 entries- onorable adj (worthy of respect)
Old English
1 entries- ārfæst adj (worthy of respect)
Polish
3 entries- czcigodny adj (worthy of respect)
- dostojny adj (worthy of respect)
- szanowny adj (worthy of respect)
Portuguese
1 entries- honorável adj (worthy of respect)
Romanian
1 entries- onorabil adj (worthy of respect)
Russian
4 entries- благоро́дный adj (worthy of respect)
- почте́нный adj (worthy of respect)
- почётный adj (worthy of respect)
- уважа́емый adj (worthy of respect)
Sanskrit
1 entries- प्रमुख adj (worthy of respect)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- onarach adj (worthy of respect)
Spanish
4 entries- honorable adj (worthy of respect)
- honrable (disused) adj (worthy of respect)
- honrado adj (worthy of respect)
- honroso adj (worthy of respect)
Swedish
2 entries- hedervärd adj (worthy of respect)
- ärevördig adj (worthy of respect)
Tagalog
1 entries- kagalang-galang adj (worthy of respect)
Telugu
1 entries- గౌరవనీయ adj (worthy of respect)
Turkish
1 entries- saygıdeğer adj (worthy of respect)
Ukrainian
4 entries- благоро́дний adj (worthy of respect)
- поважа́ний adj (worthy of respect)
- поче́сний adj (worthy of respect)
- пошти́вий adj (worthy of respect)
Uzbek
1 entries- ulug’ adj (worthy of respect)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I would prefer an honorable death.
Source: tatoeba (32062)
His behavior is always honorable.
Source: tatoeba (285409)
He received an honorable discharge from the army.
Source: tatoeba (295664)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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