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Is it correct to use the phrase "honorary gifts"honorary gifts to describe gifts that are given to honor someone? The normal usage of "honorary" is "given as an honor without the normal dutieshonorary" is “given as an honor without the normal duties” (as in an honoraryhonorary degree), which conveys quite a different implication.

Is it correct to use the phrase "honorary gifts" to describe gifts that are given to honor someone? The normal usage of "honorary" is "given as an honor without the normal duties" (as in an honorary degree), which conveys quite a different implication.

Is it correct to use the phrase honorary gifts to describe gifts that are given to honor someone? The normal usage of honorary is “given as an honor without the normal duties” (as in an honorary degree), which conveys quite a different implication.

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Honorary gifts?

Is it correct to use the phrase "honorary gifts" to describe gifts that are given to honor someone? The normal usage of "honorary" is "given as an honor without the normal duties" (as in an honorary degree), which conveys quite a different implication.