4. Conferring honor, or produced by noble deeds.

Honorable wounds from battle brought.

Dryden.

5. Worthy of respect; regarded with esteem; to be commended; consistent

with honor or rectitude.

Marriage is honorable in all.

Heb. xiii. 4.

6. Performed or accompanied with marks of honor, or with testimonies of

esteem; as, an honorable burial.

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