Meaning & use
Honouring
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Showing great respect for someone or something, or fulfilling an obligation or agreement.
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The ceremony was held in honouring the veterans who served in the war.
The bank refused to keep honouring the customer's overdrawn checks.
A note on using this word
This is the British spelling of 'honoring'; American English drops the 'u.'
Words with a similar meaning
respectingfulfilling
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Words with an opposite meaning
dishonoringdisregarding
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