Noun

(uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright and/or competent).

The crowds gave the returning general much honor and praise.

* The King James Bible, Matthew 13.57:

A prophet is not without honour , save in his own country.

(uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity.

He was a most perfect knight, for he had great honor and chivalry.

His honor was unstained.

(countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen.

Honors are normally awarded twice a year: on The Queen's Birthday in June and at the New Year.

He wore an honor on his breast.

military honors'''; civil '''honors

Audie Murphy received many honors , such as the Distinguished Service Cross.

* (rfdate), Dryden:

their funeral honors

A privilege.

I had the honour of dining with the ambassador.

(in the plural) The privilege of going first.

I'll let you have the honours , Bob—go ahead.

# (golf) The right to play one's ball before one's opponent.

A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.

He is an honour to his nation.

(feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.

(Cowell)

(heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon.

(countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.

(in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.

At university I took honours in modern history.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of affecting or acting upon.

The state of being affected.

An attribute; a quality or property; a condition; a bodily state; as, figure, weight, etc., are affections of bodies.

Bent of mind; a feeling or natural impulse or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind; any emotion; as, the benevolent affections, esteem, gratitude, etc.; the malevolent affections, hatred, envy, etc.; inclination; disposition; propensity; tendency.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-23, author=(Mark Cocker)

, volume=189, issue=11, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Wings of Desire , passage=Our affections for wild animals are distributed very unevenly. Take insects. Some 750,000 species have already been documented worldwide and the great American naturalist EO Wilson called them "the little things that run the world". Through their recycling of nutrients and the supply of base-level protein to a vast array of higher life forms, insects underpin the existence of life on this planet. Yet when it comes to human concern for creepy-crawlies, forget it.}}

A feeling of love or strong attachment.

* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Chapter 61

Mr. Bennet missed his second daughter exceedingly; his affection for her drew him oftener from home than anything else could do. He delighted in going to Pemberley, especially when he was least expected.

(medicine, archaic) Disease; morbid symptom; malady.

* Dunglison

a pulmonary affection