honourable profession
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhonourableandprofession
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honourable
adjective
uk/ˈɒn.ər.ə.bəl/us/ˈɑː.nɚ.ə.bəl/
honest and fair, or deserving praise ...
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profession
noun
uk/prəˈfeʃ.ən/us/prəˈfeʃ.ən/
any type of work that needs special training or a particular skill, often one that is respected because it involves a high level ...
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(Definition ofhonourableandprofessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is surely an unjustified calumny on anhonourableprofession.
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Let us encourage more men and women to undertake this vital work by paying them better salaries and making it anhonourableprofession.
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There is, therefore, no justice in penalising those people who years ago entered thishonourableprofession.
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If we criticise these men, we throw dirt at a veryhonourableprofession—auditors and accountants.
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It is a great shame that in this traffic, manufacturers should be aided and abetted by the pharmaceutical profession, anhonourableprofession.
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I belong to the mosthonourableprofessionin the world.
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There is no morehonourableprofessionthan healing the sick.
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Accordingly, some other professions may well be involved as well as the legal profession, which is of course an extremelyhonourableprofession.
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If it is anhonourableprofession, then they ought to be honourably paid and provided for.
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Men ought to join because they feel it to be anhonourableprofession.
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They are fair and open-minded men who are trying to do their best for anhonourableprofession.
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After all, just about the mosthonourableprofessionthat any of us can follow is to mitigate legally the impact of taxation on our efforts.
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It is anhonourableprofession, and one of the best.
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People are subject to pressures about their beliefs and qualifications for thishonourableprofession.
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In giving expression to these views, he will not be supported by the great mass of thehonourableprofessionto which he belongs.
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That is what is keeping ourhonourableprofessionalive.
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Some lawyers dislike the idea of the guarantee fund, which they feel may be regarded as rather a slur on anhonourableprofession.
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It is anhonourableprofession, why should it not be engaging in trade?
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This is a veryhonourableprofessiondealing with complex matters.
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Solicitors are members of anhonourableprofessionand if they are not to be trusted, how can police officers be trusted?
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