Honour and Keep

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Honour

Honour verb - Show respect towards.

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Keep is a synonym for honour in fulfil topic. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Honour", when it comes to topics like celebrate, observe.

Nearby Words: honor, honorable, honourable, honored, honoured

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Honour is a synonym for keep in observe topic. Sometimes you can use "Honour" instead a verb "Keep", if it concerns topics such as activity, celebrate, comply with, fulfil.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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How words are described

good	good honour	good keep
full	full honour	full keep
great	great honour	great keep
huge	huge honour	huge keep
Other adjectives: private, personal, unofficial.

Common collocations

people	honour people	keep people
promise	honour promise	keep promise
word	honour word	keep word
name	honour name	keep name
Other words: someone, city.

Both words in one sentence

You can get a lesser Order of the British Empire honour, but still not qualify for a KBE, in which case you keep the lesser honour as well as your knighthood, as in Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, or Sir Terry Pratchett OBE.

Source: Useful Notes / Knight Fever
The final book ends with Salvius being taken to court for fraud and attempting to commit suicide to keep his honour intact.

Source: Darker And Edgier / Literature
The bombastic Italian officer and his men keep demanding the place of honour in any German-led act of aggression, but within minutes are either retreating or have surrendered.

Source: Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!

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