Honourable
Honourable adjective - Worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect.
Moral is a synonym for honourable in characteristic topic. In some cases you can use "Moral" instead an adjective "Honourable", when it comes to topics like principled, morally correct.
Moral
Moral adjective - Concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles.
Usage example: moral convictions
Honourable is a synonym for moral in characteristic topic. You can use "Honourable" instead an adjective "Moral", if it concerns topics such as good, virtuous.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- He's very impulsive, very honourable, very straightforward, objected to the witch hunts on moral grounds even when the rest of his side didn't (and manipulated him into fanning them), and ultimately commits a Heroic Sacrifice for the good of all.
Source: Analysis / Magic: The Gathering -
In Ip Man, Colonel Sato crosses the Moral Event Horizon for shooting Master Liu after his three-on-one fight goes awry and afterward keeps asking to Just Shoot the title hero, but keeps getting prevented from doing so by the more honourable General Miura.
Source: Stating the Simple Solution
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