Honour is one of the oldest of systems of evaluation by which we differentiate ourselves from others. It has something to do with the feelings of pride in one's qualities, ability or accomplishment, which is also called "courage". It is an attitude of self-worth or of worthiness, which is based on the worth of things other than oneself. This is also associated with admiration, which has its opposite, repulsion. There is an aspect of emotional agreement as well, but it is less intense than that of intellectual agreement.
In the United States of America, honour means sincerity, respect, honesty, loyalty, integrity, truthfulness and dependability. In addition, the term honour means bravery and self-control. "Earnest" is often misspelled in American English; however it is more likely spelled honour. This is because honour is often used in contexts that require more than one of those words; e.g., "honourably discharged", while "earned" is usually spelled without the word "honour".
There are many examples of honour cultures in the world today. These cultures generally honor the behaviors of other individuals and groups, which are typically based on behavior that can be considered socially acceptable. The most common behaviours that are considered honourable in some cultures would include honesty (as in accounting and legal matters), honesty in one's love life, giving back to the community and, of course, being able to physically survive or defend oneself. honour cultures also honor family values, cultural differences and beliefs. honour cultures can be found in all cultures including Canada, Britain, Ireland, Japan, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the United States of America.
In the United States honour has a different definition. honour is not commonly used as the preferred spelling in an American English context. Many students in colleges in the United States have been taught "pay back" instead of honour. This is largely because honour is considered a Latin word that has no direct English translation. Honor, as a Latin term, is defined as loyalty, virtue, devotion and bravery. In the United States, honour is not used to mean bravery or virtue, but as the preferred spelling for the word "paid", "rewarded" or "honour".
As defined in the United States, "honour" is a word that describes a feeling of kindness, generosity, respect, admiration, confidence, willingness, fidelity, pride, temperance, sincerity, truthfulness, and trustworthiness. In British English "honour" is also commonly used as the spelling for "duty, obligation", "work", "patience" and "trusting". When these three variations are combined, the meaning of "honour" becomes dependent on the spelling of the word as in "honourable" or "gallant".
Other words like "brave", "gallant", and "braver" are also popular spellings for "honour", but not in British English. The tendency to capitalize the first letter of words like "danger", "severe", "severely" and "reckless" in an attempt to make the meanings of the words more clear to most Americans may be related to the British English tendency to capitalize all three cases of certain letters (letters that can be capitalized in other languages). In British English however, Danger, Bravado, Brave and Breathlessness are all acceptable spellings for the word "danger". The word "dare" is also spelled honour in British English, but when added to other words like "fellowes" "dogs" or "friends" the meaning of "dare" changes to "a daring adventures".
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