Honorific
Honorific adjective - Conferring or showing honor or respect.
Usage example: honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession
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Synonyms for Honorific
Respectful and honorific are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectful" instead an adjective "Honorific".
Respectful
Respectful adjective - Full of or exhibiting respect.
Usage example: respectful behavior
Honorific and respectful are semantically related. You can use "Honorific" instead an adjective "Respectful".
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Both words in one sentence
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Arusu never gives her any kind of honorific or respectful title.
Source: Anime / Tweeny Witches - In the PC-98 games, Marisa referred to Mima by the extremely respectful -sama honorific.
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Everyone in a higher year is to be addressed with the highly respectful -sama, the same year gets the neutral -san and lower years dont get an honorific at all as a display of affection.
Source: Visual Novel / Princess Evangile
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