Definition of honor
1a : good name or public esteem : reputation
b : a showing of usually merited respect : recognition
- pay honor to our founder
2: privilege
- had the honor of joining the captain for dinner
3: a person of superior standing —now used especially as a title for a holder of high office
- if Your Honor please
4: one whose worth brings respect or fame : credit
- an honor to the profession
5: the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon
6: an evidence or symbol of distinction: such as
a : an exalted title or rank
b (1) : badge, decoration
(2) : a ceremonial rite or observance
- buried with full militaryhonors
c : an award in a contest or field of competition
e honors plural
(1) : an academic distinction conferred on a superior student
(2) : a course of study for superior students supplementing or replacing a regular course
b : one’s word given as a guarantee of performance
- on my honor, I will be there
9honors plural : social courtesies or civilities extended by a host
- asked her to do the honors
10a (1) : an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge
(2) : the scoring value of honors held in bridge —usually used in plural
b : the privilege of playing first from the tee in golf