honorability
Quality of trustworthiness
Honorability is the quality of being honorable—worthy of respect through ethical conduct and integrity.
The word appears in formal contexts where honor itself might seem too brief: The committee questioned the honorability of his intentions.
Honourability is the British spelling.
Study of right conduct
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
rectitude · probity · sincerity · scrupulousness · incorruptibility · conscientiousness · fairness · righteousness
Favorable opinion of worth
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- standingPosition, physical or social
regard · status · recognition · acclaim · approval · appreciation · admiration · commendation
Fitting social conduct
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- self-respectValuing one's own worth
composure · stateliness · solemnity · formality · refinement · bearing · nobility · gravitas
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- knighthoodHonorary title of nobility
- valorCourage in danger
- courtlinessRefined, dignified politeness
gentlemanliness · noblesse oblige · bushido · sportsmanship · fair play · dueling · fealty · noble conduct
ethics
Study of right conduct
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
principles · rectitude · probity · sincerity · scrupulousness · incorruptibility · conscientiousness · fairness · righteousness · virtuousness
esteem
Favorable opinion of worth
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- credibilityQuality inspiring trust
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
standing · regard · status · recognition · acclaim · approval · appreciation · admiration · commendation · praise
decorum
Fitting social conduct
self-respect · composure · stateliness · solemnity · formality · refinement · bearing · nobility · gravitas · deportment
gallantry
Courage, especially in combat
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- knighthoodHonorary title of nobility
- valorCourage in danger
courtliness · gentlemanliness · noblesse oblige · bushido · sportsmanship · fair play · dueling · fealty · noble conduct
honorabilitydishonesty
Disposition toward falsehood
corruption · depravity · wickedness · immorality · unscrupulousness
honorabilitydisgracefulness
State of bringing dishonor
disrepute · shamefulness · disgrace · infamy · ignominy
honor, honored, honorable, dishonor, honors, dishonesty, honoring, dishonorable, honorary