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
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
• Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
• belittlement
• contempt
• contumely
• despect (archaic)
• disdain
• disparagement
• disrespect
• ignoring
• irreverence
• neglect
• scorn
• slight
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.
• (to have respect for): esteem, honor, revere, venerate
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
• (to abide by an agreement): honor
• (to have respect for): contemn, despect (archaic), despise, dis, diss, disrespect
• (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight
respect
(Jamaica) hello, hi
• 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
26 April 2025
(noun) generation of an electric charge on certain crystals (such as tourmaline) as a result of a change in temperature
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
