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honor
noun as in respect
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attention, celebration, confidence, credit, dignity, distinction, esteem, faith, fame, glory, praise, prestige, recognition, reputation, tribute, trust
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account, adoration, adulation, aggrandizement, apotheosis, approbation, canonization, consideration, deference, deification, elevation, exaltation, fealty, glorification, greatness, homage, laud, laurel, notice, obeisance, popularity, rank, renown, repute, reverence, veneration, worship, wreath
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noun as in integrity
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character, chastity, goodness, honestness, incorruption, incorruptness, innocence, modesty, morals, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, uprightness
noun as in praise, award
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acclaim, accolade, compliment, credit, distinction, favor, pleasure, privilege, recognition, respect, tribute
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adoration, badge, bays, commendation, decoration, deference, homage, kudos, laurels, regard, reverence, veneration
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verb as in recognize, treat with respect
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admire, appreciate, celebrate, commemorate, commend, laud, observe, praise, revere, worship
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acclaim, adore, aggrandize, compliment, decorate, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, erect, esteem, exalt, glorify, hallow, keep, lionize, magnify, prize, sanctify, sublime, value, venerate
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be faithful, be true, give glad hand, give key to city, live up to, look up to, roll out red carpet, uprear
Example Sentences
We were built to socialize, the author writes; it’s time we “honor the biology we’ve been gifted.”
“You have to get to know a house and try to keep its integrity. I try to honor the architect,” she said.
Dozens of U.S. cities and states — including Los Angeles, Seattle, and Philadelphia — now observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day to honor Native resilience and acknowledge the violence of colonization.
“I’m just honored to be a part of this legacy and to bring this message of resilience and survival of the human spirit to audiences.”
Celebrated annually on the second Monday of October, Columbus Day is a federal holiday that honors the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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