What does the word honor mean to you?

Honor to me is on behalf of my father who passed two years ago who was a Vietnam Veteran and recipient of a purple heart and bronze star who when asked about serving his country his one and only answer was always NO REGRETS....

An overwhelmed feeling that you are embraced by a good sense of pride.

Honor is proving respect and protection of the foundation of our country and heritage.

Showing respect to someone or something.

Honor means I will not have to worry if the guy next to me is gonna defend my life as I am gonna defend his life . It means ridding the world of tyranny and evildoers because they are without a doubt bad for the world. Honor means defending those that can't defend themselves. Honor is a way of life you don't have to apologize for. There's not just one meaning to honor, it's a collection of good actions. Beyond reproach. Semper Fi.

Honor means doing the RIGHT thing whether you like it or not. It means standing up to confront your fears while doing something you don't want to do. It means having ethics and moral obligations you uphold. It means taking care of a situation that's unpleasant but still must be dealt with. Honor is what prompts you to act for others as well as yourself when necessary. Honor is the backbone of an outstanding person in a world of people who don't care about anything.

Honor is, simply, conducting oneself with integrity and loyalty.

The word honor to me is my ability to do the right things in my words, my actions, and my behavior.

Honor in a European/American sense is a multi-faceted term. Honor isn’t taught in schools. Honor is not taught except in a very limited sense in the military. Honor is not taught in politics or government. Honor was once a major part of our society much encompassed in the term, an officer and gentleman. So what is honor? The term honor can’t be replaced by synonyms like belonging or integrity because it so very much more. Most words I’ve seen are too easily interpreted to the moment rather than to an effective meaning. The closest single word that can be equated to honor is probably the virtue of “morality”. Even morality is rather over broad but I’ll define it here as essentially following the rules laid down in Jewish, Christian, Islamic (and other) teachings. In secular terms it would be doing what is right and in accordance with the “golden rule” in everything you do.

The key aspects include;
One cannot have honor if they do not speak/write with TRUTHFULNESS and HONESTY and without deception, It include doing what you say you’ll do and following through on your word.

It includes LOYALTY to the Country at all levels. This means you give loyalty to your neighbors, your community, your state, your supervisors, subordinates, your service or job and your government. At the same time loyalty is not blind loyalty because honor and doing the right thing means fighting back against frauds, cheats, bullies, oppressors or those dishonorable persons.

Honor includes FAITHFULNESS and devotion to others as well as superiors, subordinates, and founders. It’s about working together toward the best solution for the greater group and everyone does their utmost to achieve “honor”. It’s about developing the TRUST of the community and being able to return the trust.

PRIDE is another part of honor. When one is honorable they can both take pride in their direct contributions, pride in the outcome, pride in the accomplishments of the group.

As you can probably tell, to me true honor is multi-faceted. Honor is also very difficult to achieve in today’s society because we’ve concentrated on self-centeredness for so long and even teams that are built are exclusively for the benefit of the smaller group. (The cause of interservice rivalries (not the healthy kind), the quest for awards and promotion above all else, and the tendency for leaders who predominantly befall the Peter principle.)

I don't really like repeating things, but SSG Byron Hewett said it perfectly:
Honor is: duty, selfless service, respect, loyalty, personal courage, and integrity to ones self, others, your country, the armed forces, and your God and doing the right thing when nobody is watching and when somebody is looking.