RESPECT
obedience, respect
(noun) behavior intended to please your parents; âtheir children were never very strong on obedienceâ; âhe went to law school out of respect for his fatherâs wishesâ
deference, respect
(noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; âhis deference to her wishes was very flatteringâ; âbe sure to give my respects to the deanâ
deference, respect, respectfulness
(noun) courteous regard for peopleâs feelings; âin deference to your wishesâ; âout of respect for his privacyâ
respect, regard
(noun) (usually preceded by âinâ) a detail or point; âit differs in that respectâ
respect, esteem, regard
(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem; âshe lost all respect for himâ
regard, respect
(noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem; âshe mistook his manly regard for loveâ; âhe inspires respectâ
esteem, regard, respect
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); âit is held in esteemâ; âa man who has earned high regardâ
respect, esteem, value, prize, prise
(verb) regard highly; think much of; âI respect his judgementâ; âWe prize his creativityâ
respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe
(verb) show respect towards; âhonor your parents!â
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)
(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
Synonyms: deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught
(uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration
Synonyms: admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor
(uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
(countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
Synonyms: aspect, dimension, face, facet, side
Good will; favor
Usage notes
• Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
Antonyms
• belittlement
• contempt
• contumely
• despect (archaic)
• disdain
• disparagement
• disrespect
• ignoring
• irreverence
• neglect
• scorn
• slight
Verb
respect (third-person singular simple present respects, present participle respecting, simple past and past participle respected)
To have respect for.
To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
To abide by an agreement.
To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
(transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
(obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
(obsolete) To look toward; to face.
Synonyms
• (to have respect for): esteem, honor, revere, venerate
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
• (to abide by an agreement): honor
Antonyms
• (to have respect for): contemn, despect (archaic), despise, dis, diss, disrespect
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight
Interjection
respect
(Jamaica) hello, hi
Anagrams
• Sceptre, recepts, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre
Source: Wiktionary
Re*spect" (r*spkt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Respecting.] Etym: [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere,
respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere,
to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.]
1. To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as
worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.
Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood. Shak.
In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety
of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. Bacon.
2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect
thee as my soul." Shak.
3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.]
Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the Sir
T. Browne.
4. To regard; to consider; to deem. [Obs.]
To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected
him to death. B. Jonson.
5. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relateto; as, the
treaty particularly respects our commerce. As respects, as regards;
with regard to; as to. Macaulay.
– To respect the person or persons, to favor a person, or persons
on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons
in judgment." Deut. i. 17.
Syn.
– To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
Re*spect", n. Etym: [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v.,
and cf. Respite.]
1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular
consideration to; hence, care; caution.
But he it well did ward with wise respect. Spenser.
2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.
Seen without awe, and served without respect. Prior.
The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. R. Nelson.
3. pl.
Definition: An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send
one's respects to another.
4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]
Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak.
5. Relation; reference; regard.
They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the
various benefits men received from him, had several titles.
Tillotson.
4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in
any respect; in all respects.
Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in
many respects. Tillotson.
In one respect I'll be thy assistant. Shak.
7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] "Whatever secret respects
were likely to move them." Hooker.
To the publik good Private respects must yield. Milton.
In respect, in comparison. [Obs.] Shak.
– In respect of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] Shak. (b) As to; in
regard to. [Archaic] "Monsters in respect of their bodies." Bp.
Wilkins. "In respect of these matters." Jowett. (Thucyd. ) -- In, or
With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects.
Tillotson.
– To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or
undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc.
"It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment." Prov. xxiv.
23.
Syn.
– Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See
Deference.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition