1. Adjective
Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
2. Adjective
Honor; respect; civil deference.
3. Adjective
Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain magistrates and others of rank or station.
4. Adjective
The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God.
5. Adjective
Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration; adoration.
6. Adjective
An object of worship.
7. Verb
To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
8. Verb
To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate.
9. Verb
To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
10. Verb
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform religious service.
11. Noun
a feeling of profound love and admiration
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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