RESPECT

obedience, respect

(noun) behavior intended to please your parents; “their children were never very strong on obedience”; “he went to law school out of respect for his father’s wishes”

deference, respect

(noun) a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; “his deference to her wishes was very flattering”; “be sure to give my respects to the dean”

deference, respect, respectfulness

(noun) courteous regard for people’s feelings; “in deference to your wishes”; “out of respect for his privacy”

respect, regard

(noun) (usually preceded by ‘in’) a detail or point; “it differs in that respect”

respect, esteem, regard

(noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem; “she lost all respect for him”

regard, respect

(noun) a feeling of friendship and esteem; “she mistook his manly regard for love”; “he inspires respect”

esteem, regard, respect

(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded); “it is held in esteem”; “a man who has earned high regard”

respect, esteem, value, prize, prise

(verb) regard highly; think much of; “I respect his judgement”; “We prize his creativity”

respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe

(verb) show respect towards; “honor your parents!”

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

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