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honorable

/ˈɒnəɹəbl̩/
adjective

  1. Worthy of respect; respectable.

  2. A courtesy title, given in Britain and the Commonwealth to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator, and in the United States to the president, vice president, congresspeople, state governors and legislators, and mayors.

SynonymsHon'ble, Hon., noble, venerable
Antonymscontemptible, despicable, mean

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