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- noun American Alternative form of
honourability .
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Examples
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We have there pointed out that the Rath or Town Council, that is, the supreme governing body of the municipality, was in all cases mainly, and often entirely, composed of the heads of the town aristocracy, the patrician class or "honorability" (_Ehrbarkeit_), as they were termed, who on the ground of their antiquity and wealth laid claim to every post of power and privilege.
German Culture Past and Present Ernest Belfort Bax 1890
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Fox News and Talk Radio are the only two readily accessible media sources that do not cheerlead to the point of blatant and corrupt propagandizing of false integrity, decency, honorability and goodness of the Democratic Party.
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A spokesman for the Bank of Spain declined to comment on how the commuted sentence would affect the question of Mr. Saenz's honorability.
Santander CEO Gets Break Christopher Bjork 2011
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Spanish banking regulation requires bankers to maintain their "honorability," something a prison sentence would have put into doubt.
Santander CEO Gets Break Christopher Bjork 2011
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In all serious … i want to engage without name calling or anything,,, straight up … tell me the progressive solution for peace morality decency honorability honesty diplomacy
Think Progress » Right-Wing ‘Guide to World War III’: ‘Kill ‘Em All, Let Allah Sort ‘Em Out’ 2006
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I†™ ll say it again, peace, morality, decency, honorability, honesty, diplomacy, all of these are simply LOST on these putrid people.
Think Progress » Right-Wing ‘Guide to World War III’: ‘Kill ‘Em All, Let Allah Sort ‘Em Out’ 2006
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She has left legal honorability back to make money.
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Then when we consider that leadership providing the troops with their mission is civilian and is prone to corruption, the honorability of the mission can only be seen as being independent from the honorability of the troops.
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The shear effort of intelligence, foresight, honorability and integrity required to keep this planet and our civilization safe are Herculean.
Dreams of Apocalypse 2003
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The shear effort of intelligence, foresight, honorability and integrity required to keep this planet and our civilization safe are Herculean.
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