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Definition of honoring : of Honor

Synonyms:

ceremony, notice, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, observation, observance, watching

cheering, commemorating, partying, frolicking, feting, hailing, carousing, inaugurating, jubilating, rejoicing, venerating, lauding, exulting, proclaiming, making merry, glorifying, solemnizing, enjoying, memorializing, praising, reveling, saluting, trumpeting, observing, acclaiming, hallowing, celebrating

esteeming, deferring, regarding, respecting, revering, admiring

remunerating, rewarding, awarding, enticing, luring, compensating, paying, inducing, giving, tempting, granting, tipping, treating, sweetening

glorying, boasting, priding

Usage examples:

• Mr. Gryce, whose carelessly roving eye told little of the close study with which he was honoring the man before him, nodded with grave decision. - "Hand and Ring", Anna Katharine Green.
• His name was known throughout Europe, and many of the scientific societies had considered that they were honoring themselves by conferring titles, or degrees, upon him; but he continued to be the humble, simple student that he had always been. - "Catholic Churchmen in Science", James J. Walsh.
• That's our way of honoring the only Naval Commander we had in the Revolution. - "In Her Own Right", John Reed Scott.