Dutiful
Honorable
Honorable adjective - Guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong.
Usage example: I believe that if I genuinely cannot decide fairly, I should do the honorable thing and decline to serve on the panel
Dutiful and honorable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dutiful" instead an adjective "Honorable".
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Both words in one sentence
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The Fettered: The Republic Navy is shown as a dutiful and honorable institution, filled with upstanding leaders who keep their word and treat their enemies with respect.
Source: Video Game / Endless Sky -
Lion El'jonson: invokedConfusingly both a self-absorbed, spiteful, envious prick and an honorable, courageous, and dutiful warrior at the same time.
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Byronic Hero: Hornblower is an honorable, dutiful, and humble man who acts with great courage under fire.
Source: Literature / Horatio Hornblower
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