1 a: good name or public esteem : reputation b: a showing of usually merited respect : recognition <pay honor to our founder> 2: privilege <had the honor of joining the captain for dinner> 3: a person of superior standing —now used especially as a title for a holder of high office <if Your Honor please> 4: one whose worth brings respect or fame : credit <an honor to the profession> 5: the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon 6: an evidence or symbol of distinction: as a: an exalted title or rank b (1): badge, decoration (2): a ceremonial rite or observance <buried with full military honors> c: an award in a contest or field of competition darchaic : a gesture of deference : bow eplural (1): an academic distinction conferred on a superior student (2): a course of study for superior students supplementing or replacing a regular course 7: chastity, purity <fought fiercely for her honor and her life — Barton Black> 8 a: a keen sense of ethical conduct : integrity <wouldn't do it as a matter of honor> b: one's word given as a guarantee of performance <on my honor, I will be there> 9plural : social courtesies or civilities extended by a host <asked her to do the honors> 10 a (1): an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit in bridge (2): the scoring value of honors held in bridge —usually used in plural b: the privilege of playing first from the tee in golf