Honour
Honour (British English) or honor (American English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of socia ...
(or honor in American English) is the quality of being honorable.
Honor or Honour may also refer to:
People
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Honor (given name)
Honor is a primarily Grammatical gender#Personal names, feminine given name derived from the word "honour", taken from a Latin language, Latin root word ''honos'', ''honoris''. It was a virtue name in use by the Puritans. It is still in occasional ...
, a unisex given name
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Brian Honour (born 1964), English footballer and manager
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Gareth Honor (born 1979), English rugby player
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Hugh Honour
Hugh Honour FRSL (26 September 1927 – 19 May 2016) was a British art historian, known for his writing partnership with John Fleming (art historian), John Fleming. Their ''A World History of Art'' (a.k.a. ''The Visual Arts: A History''), is now ...
(born 1927), British art historian
Entertainment and media
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Honor (band), a Polish band
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''Honour'' (book), 2012 novel by Elif Shafak
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''Honour'' (Sudermann play), 1889 play by German playwright Hermann Sudermann
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''Honour'' (Murray-Smith play), a 1995 play by Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith
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''Honour'' (film), 2014 British film
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''Honour'' (TV series), 2020 British television drama
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"Honor" (''The Walking Dead''), a 2018 episode of ''The Walking Dead''
Education
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Latin honors
Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Sou ...
, distinctions of academic degrees
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Honors student
An honors student or honor student is a student recognized for achieving high grades or high marks in their coursework at school.
United States
In the US, honors students may refer to:
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, student recognized for high achievement in their academics
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Honours degree
Honours degree has various meanings in the context of different degrees and education systems. Most commonly it refers to a variant of the undergraduate bachelor's degree containing a larger volume of material or a higher standard of study, or ...
, educational term with various meanings
Other uses
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Honor (brand)
Honor (stylized and marketed as HONOR) is a smartphone brand majority owned by a state-owned enterprise controlled by the municipal government of Shenzhen. It was formerly owned by Huawei Technologies. Honor provides smartphone handsets primaril ...
, a smartphone brand based in China
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Honor, Michigan
Honor is a village in Benzie County of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 337 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Homestead Township on U.S. Highway 31 along the Platte River.
The community has the name of Honor Griff ...
, United States
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Honour (feudal barony)
Honour (British English) or honor (American English; see spelling differences) is the idea of a bond between an individual and a society as a quality of a person that is both of social teaching and of personal ethos, that manifests itself as a ...
, feudal barony in medieval England
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Honour (style)
His Honour or Her Honour (American English: His Honor or Her Honor) is an honorific prefix traditionally applied to certain classes of people, in particular justices and judges and mayors. In Australia and the United States, the prefix is also use ...
, a pre-nominal honorific typically used for judges and mayors
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Honors (horse)
Honors is a Tennessee Walking Horse stallion who won his breed's World Grand Championship in 2016. He had previously won a Four-Year-Old World Championship in 2012. Honors has also been used for breeding.
Life and career
Honors is a black stalli ...
, a champion show horse
* Honor, a high-valued card in
* Honors, in
bridge scoring
While a deal of bridge is always played following a unique set of rules, its scoring may vary depending on the type of event the deal is played on. There are two main categories of scoring: rubber and duplicate. Rubber scoring, and its popular va ...
, a bonus for the holding of high-valued cards
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Honor system
An honor system or honesty system is a philosophical way of running a variety of endeavors based on trust, honor, and honesty. Something that operates under the rule of the "honor system" is usually something that does not have strictly enfo ...
or trust system, a philosophical way of running a variety of endeavors
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Matter of Honour (disambiguation) ''A Matter of Hono(u)r'' or ''Matters of Hono(u)r'' may refer to any of the following:
*"A Matter of Honor" (1989), an episode of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
*"A Matter of Honor" (1976), an episode of ''Columbo''
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Medal of Honor (disambiguation) The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor.
Medal of Honor or Medal of Honour may also refer to:
Awards National Honours
* Medal of Honour (Hong Kong)
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada
The orders, decorations, and medals of Canada comprise a complex system by which Canadians are honoured by the country's sovereign for actions or deeds that benefit their community or the country at large. Modelled on its British predecessor, ...
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Honours of Scotland
The Honours of Scotland (, gd, Seudan a' Chrùin Albannaich), informally known as the Scottish Crown Jewels, are the regalia that were worn by Scottish monarchs at their coronation. Kept in the Crown Room in Edinburgh Castle, they date from the ...
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Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists of three types of award:
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Honours of the Principality of Wales
The Honours of the Principality of Wales are the regalia used at the investiture of the Prince of Wales, as heir apparent to the British throne, made up of a coronet, a ring, a rod, a sword, a girdle, and a mantle. All but the coronet date fro ...
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