honorary

adj.

1. Held or given as a mark of honor, especially conferred as an honor without the usual adjuncts: an honorary degree.
2. 1. Holding an office or title given as an honor, without payment: an honorary colonel.
   2. Voluntary: the council's honorary secretary.
3. Relying on honor and not legally enforceable, as a duty or obligation.

Generally refers to a position held without profit, fee, or reward, and in consideration of the honor conferred by holding a position of responsibility and trust 81 N.Y. 255; a position recognizing honor or commitment. An honorary degree is one conferred without formal qualification in recognition by an educational institution of an individual's non-academic accomplishments.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: given as an honor without the normal duties

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Common misspelling(s) of honorary

• honory

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - æres-, honorær

Nederlands (Dutch)
honorair, onbezoldigde erefunctie

Français (French)
adj. - honorifique, honoris causa, honoraire, pour la forme (hum), bénévole (un emploi)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ehrenamtlich, Ehren-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τιμητικός, επίτιμος, επί τιμή, άμισθος

Italiano (Italian)
onorario

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - honorário

Русский (Russian)
почетный, неоплачиваемый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - honorario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - heders-, honorär-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
荣誉的, 道义上的, 名誉的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 榮譽的, 道義上的, 名譽的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 명예상의, 도의상의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 名誉職
adj. - 名誉上の, 名誉職の, 無給の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شرفي, تذكاري, فخري, غير مأجور, تطوعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של כבוד‬

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