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ennoble

verb as in honor

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Using religion as a cover for racism has long held this appeal for a simple reason: It puts an ennobling gloss on ugly feelings.

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Her stoicism is all the more ennobling, given how much it costs her.

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He stood down as an MP in 1992 and was ennobled as a cross-bench peer in the same year, despite his party's opposition to the Lords at the time.

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Shostakovich’s detractors have accused him of ennobling Stalin while defenders have sought out subtle musical cues of dissent.

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When her husband was ennobled some years earlier, she was entitled to be called Lady Kinnock - but it was a title she never used.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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