medal of honor

1. 1.

   the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'

   SynonymsCongressional Medal of Honor

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Questions about medal of honor

What does medal of honor mean?

medal of honor means "the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'".

What is another word for medal of honor?

Close synonyms include Congressional Medal of Honor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medal of honor a common word?

medal of honor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.