verb. Present participle of honor.

noun. conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

"Accepting the badge of a Little Octoberist, a title honoring the October 1917 revolution led by Lenin, was the first rite of passage for every Soviet citizen, to be followed by membership in the Young Pioneers, the Communist Youth League and finally, for some, the Communist Party itself."

abidance  compliance  conformation  conformity  

punctilio  

compliment  crediting  decoration  dignification  hallowing  

honor