medal_of_honor has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] (military) the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty'

Used in print

(Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)

Adam stared at the door and remembered that Simms_Purdew had been awarded the Medal_of_Honor for gallantry at Antietam .

Related terms

decoration

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