Honor Quotes

Honor refers to recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful). It commonly describes the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity, a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen, and a privilege, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament, the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point), and in bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Honor as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language.

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