Honor
a word of many applications.
At cards one of the four highest trumpcards-viz., the king, queen, knave, or several manors, held under one baron or lord-paramount. At the English universities the first or highest class in an examination; as, He went out in "honors." A debt of honor, a debt, as money lost in gambling, which cannot be recovered by legal process. A point of honor, a scruple arising from delicacy of feeling, on which depends the course to be pursued in certain cases. Word of honor, a verbal promise or engagement by which one pledges his honor or good faith. Court of honor, a court or tribunal for hearing and determining questions relating to the laws of honor.
Honors of war, a distinction or privilege granted to a beaten enemy, as, to march out of a town, etc.