Regard with great respect

• - Joyce has now learned to honor her father's memory

• - an honored guest

Pay public respect to

• - talented writers were honored at a special ceremony

Grace; privilege

• - the Princess honored the ball with her presence

• - I felt honored to be invited

(in square dancing) Salute (another dancer) with a bow

Fulfill (an obligation) or keep (an agreement)

• - make sure the franchisees honor the terms of the contract

Accept (a bill) or pay (a check) when due

• - the bank informed him that the check would not be honored

High respect; esteem

• - his portrait hangs in the place of honor

A person or thing that brings credit

• - you are an honor to our profession

Adherence to what is right or to a conventional standard of conduct

• - I must as a matter of honor avoid any taint of dishonesty

A privilege

• - the great poet of whom it is my honor to speak tonight

An exalted position

• - the honor of being horse of the year

A thing conferred as a distinction, esp. an official award for bravery or achievement

• - the highest military honors

A special distinction for proficiency in an examination

• - she passed with honors

A class or course of degree studies more specialized than that of the ordinary level

• - an honors degree in mathematics

A title of respect given to or used in addressing a judge or a mayor

The right of teeing off first, having won the previous hole

A woman's chastity or her reputation for this

• - she died defending her honor

An ace, king, queen, or jack

Possession in one's hand of at least four of the ace, king, queen, and jack of trumps, or of all four aces in no trumps, for which a bonus is scored

(in whist) An ace, king, queen, or jack of trumps