Definition of "honor"

honor

/ˈɑn.ɚ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural honors
1. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful).
  Quotations
  A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 13:57
  And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.
  1852, Alfred Tennyson, “Stanza X”, in Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], page 14
2. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.
  Quotations
  Prothean: Those who share my purpose become allies. Those who do not become casualties.Shepard: Nothing in our fight against the Reapers has been that cut-and-dried.Prothean: Because you still have hope that this war will end with your honor intact.Shepard: I do.Prothean: Stand in the ashes of a trillion dead souls and ask the ghosts if honor matters.Prothean: The silence is your answer.
  2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2
3. (countable) 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.
  Quotations
  their funeral honours
  1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […]
4. A privilege (which honors the person experiencing it).
5. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
  1. (golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
6. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
7. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
  Quotations
  The lorde of the honour or manour
  1523, Anthony Fitzherbert, Book of Surveying
8. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point).
9. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit; in some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
10. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
verb
third-person singular simple present honors, present participle honoring, simple past and past participle honored
1. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.
2. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like).
3. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
4. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.).
interjection
1. (archaic) On one's honor; truthfully.
  Quotations
  “Not a ha’porth. Different gangs and different ships. He was tried again for prison breaking, and got made a Lifer.”“And was that—Honour!—the only time you worked out, in this part of the country?”“The only time.”
  1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations