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present participle of honor.

honoring

ADJECTIVE

complimentary

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appreciative congratulatory polite respectful

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adulatory approbative approbatory approving celebrating commendatory courtly encomiastic encomiastical eulogistic fair-spoken fawning highly favorable honeyed laudatory panegyrical plauditory praiseful sycophantic unctuous well-wishing with high praise with highest recommendation

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unmannerly

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blaming censuring critical denouncing disparaging for sale insulting reproachful unflattering

ADJECTIVE

obedient

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attentive compliant deferential devoted docile dutiful faithful law-abiding loyal respectful subservient

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acquiescent amenable at one's beck and call biddable complaisant controllable docious duteous governable in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power obeisant obliging observant on a string pliant regardful resigned reverential sheeplike tame tractable under control venerating well-trained willing wrapped around finger yielding

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disloyal disobedient inconsiderate inconstant neglectful unfaithful

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contrary insolent misbehaving mutinous obstinate rebellious

NOUN

celebration

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anniversary bash birthday ceremony festival festivity gala jubilee observance party performance spree triumph

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blast blowout carousal conviviality fete frolic gaiety glorification hilarity hoopla hullabaloo jollification joviality jubilation keeping magnification memorialization merriment merrymaking recognition remembrance revelry saturnalia solemnization

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wingding

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failure

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sadness

NOUN

observance

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acknowledgment adherence celebration compliance fulfillment

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acquittal acquittance awareness cognizance discharge fidelity heed keeping mark mind note notice obedience observation performance regard remark satisfaction

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carrying-out heeding

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disregard heedlessness ignorance inattention indifference neglect thoughtlessness

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carelessness unorthodoxy

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Carvalho participated in honoring the teachers, as did school board President Scott Schmerelson in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026

This year marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S. honoring Juneteenth as a federal holiday, and 161 years since the day chattel slavery was considered to have ended in this country.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

An early standout, “As I Lay Dying” exemplifies the author’s cubist technique by shifting across the fragmented thoughts of 15 characters involved in honoring a poor woman’s wish to be buried in her hometown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

When the Fed commits in advance to a path, fresh data can later force it to choose between honoring a stale signal and setting present policy correctly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

Serving at his nightly banquets, Tyrion had soon learned that Yezzan stood foremost amongst those Yunkish lords who favored honoring the peace with Meereen.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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