honourable thing
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhonourableandthing
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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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thing
noun
uk/θɪŋ/us/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofhonourableandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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What, then, was thehonourablethingwhich we ought to have done?
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That would not be anhonourablethingto do.
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I suggest that it was the right andhonourablethingto do.
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I think that thehonourablethingfor them to do is to resign.
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Will he do thehonourablethingand resign and go to the country?
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Would not thehonourablethingbe to resign and to fight their seats?
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We have done the correct andhonourablething.
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It is a perfectlyhonourablethingto do and is often done in this place.
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In those circumstances, will he do thehonourablethingand resign?
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In the circumstances, that was anhonourablethingto do.
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I think that is a proper andhonourablethingfor us to do.
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They have made this quite clear, and it is anhonourablethingto do.
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I do not blame him; it was a perfectly natural andhonourablethingto do.
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It is not anhonourablethingto do.
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But it is not a fair orhonourablethingto do.
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When will he do the onlyhonourablethingin the circumstances, which is to resign?
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When will he do thehonourablethingand resign?
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However, the chief executive has done thehonourablething; he has resigned, whether willingly or not.
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That is a perfectly reasonable andhonourablethingto say.
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I hope the country will do thehonourablethingand agree to these proposals.
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