posthumous honors
Awards after death
Posthumous honors are awards, recognition, or tributes given to someone after their death.
These include medals, honorary degrees, memorials, or naming rights bestowed when the recipient can no longer receive them in person: He received posthumous honors for his wartime bravery.
The phrase acknowledges achievement while marking the poignancy of delayed recognition.
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- in memoriamIn tribute to
- tributeOffering of respect
- legacyWhat's passed down
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
awarded · death · remembrance · eulogy · monument · statue · dedication · ceremony · standing ovation · grave · tombstone · fame · hall of fame · immortal · celebrated · commendation · plaque · named after
- military valorbravery, gallantry, heroism, valor, courage
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
posthumous, posthumously, honor, honour, honors, honours, honored, honoured, honoring