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Honor Honorable Honorarium Honorific


~ HONOR  id+ | INTEGRITY |   see> HONEST
^u       id+ | INTACT |
     id+ | INNER SHAME or see> AIDOS |
     ply> | MANY WOULD AGREE THAT
            HONOR IS BINDING |
     lat   HONI  = SHAME
     ukr POHANO    opp of GOOD
           HANBA   SHAME
     hx> " HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE "
           SHAME ON THOSE WHO THINK ILL "
     motto of the ORDER OF THE GARTER originating
     when the "GIRLFRIEND" WITH WHOM THE KING OF
     ENGLAND WAS DANCING LOST HER GARTER
               see> ORDER
~ HONORABLE    WORTHY  VALUABLE  REPUTABLE  RELIABLE
               implies ESTEEM  RESPECT
~ HONORARIUM   REWARD  PAYMENT based on HORA or TIME
               implies WAGES EARNED BY
               HONORABLE PROFESSIONS
~ HONORIFIC    id+ | implies that
                     HONOR IS MORE VALUABLE THAN MONEY |
  id+ | WITHOUT FEES |
  STATUS OF ESTEEM or REPUTATION NOT BASED ON
  AN HONORARIUM as in a title of HONORIS CAUSA
  lit+ Frank HARRIS divided life into three stages
       " GET ON                       sug> ATOP
         GETTING HONORS               sug> PRIZE
         BECOMING HONEST "            sug> ETHIC
  note "THE BEST POLICY IS HONESTY"   sug> OXYMORON
  as if HONESTY could be CONTRIVED    sug> PHONY

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