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Honoring

To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of

📖 Definitions of "Honoring"

verb

1
To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of
"The freedom fighters will be forever remembered and honored by the people."
2
To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)
"I trusted you, but you have not honored your promise."
3
To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)
"Ten members of the profession were honored at the ceremony."
4
To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.)
"I'm sorry Sir, but the bank did not honour your cheque."

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
observancenoun	The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
nonobservancenoun	The failure to observe a custom, or to conform with a law

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
observancenoun	The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
fulfillingnoun	Which causes fulfilment; emotionally or artistically satisfying.
glorifyingverb	(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
honoured	(British spelling) Respected, having received honour.
honouringverb	British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
respectverb	(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
respectingverb	To have respect for.
tributeverb	(transitive) To pay as tribute.
honournoun	British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
honorablenoun	A politician or other person who bears the title of "honorable".
honorably	US standard spelling of honourably. [In an honourable manner.]
honourablenoun	UK standard spelling of honorable.
honorandnoun	One who receives an honor.
honorific	Showing or conferring honour and respect.
honorablenessnoun	The property of being honourable.
honorificsnoun	In linguistics, an honorific (abbreviated ) is a grammatical or morphosyntactic form that encodes the relative social status of the participants of the conversation.
commemorationnoun	The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration to honor the memory of some person or event.
commemoratingverb	intended as a commemoration
commemoratedverb	(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
honoursnoun	a university degree with honors