0 present participle of honour
1 to show great respect for someone or something, especially in public:
2 to give someone public praise or a reward:
He was honoured with a knighthood.
Children need to be taught to honour other people's opinions.
The press nowadays seems incapable of honouring anyone's privacy.
There actually is a rule about not blocking the front entrance, but no one honours it.
The fund was set up to honour the memory of Joe's grandmother, a tireless social campaigner.
Possibly he objected to honouring the unconsecrated bread and wine with excessive ceremony.
It is a day of family activities that begins with a church service and the honouring of old fishermen and those who have passed away.
It would have been politically reckless simply to end the state programme without honouring claims already earned.
