different between honour vs commendation

English

Alternative forms

• honor (American)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?(?)/

Noun

honour (countable and uncountable, plural honours)

1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, South African spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
   • 1902, Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible, Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:

     Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour.

Antonyms

• dishonour

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

honour (third-person singular simple present honours, present participle honouring, simple past and past participle honoured)

1. British spelling, Canadian spelling, Commonwealth of Nations, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.

Derived terms

• honour in the breach

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman honour.

Noun

honour (plural honours)

1. honour

Descendants

• English: honour, honor

References

p. 1, Arthur; A Short Sketch of his Life and History in English Verse of the First Half of the Fifteenth Century, Frederick Furnivall ed. EETS. Trübner & Co.: London. 1864.

Old French

Noun

honour m (oblique plural honours, nominative singular honours, nominative plural honour)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of honur

   […] prierent au roi qe mesme le cont purroit estre restorez a ses noun et honour de marquys queux il avoit pardevant.

   […] prayed to the king that even the count could be restored to his name and his honour of marquee that he had before

English

Etymology

From Middle English commendacioun, from Old French commendacion (“approval, praise”), from Latin commendatio (“recommendation, commendation”), from commendare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?m?n?de???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?m?n?de???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

commendation (countable and uncountable, plural commendations)

1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.
2. That which is the ground of approbation or praise.
3. A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting.
4. An award or recognition for performance; a medal.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:praise

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