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Respect   /rɪspˈɛkt/  /rispˈɛkt/   Listen
noun
Respect  n.  
1.
The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. "But he it well did ward with wise respect."
2.
Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. "Seen without awe, and served without respect." "The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect."
3.
pl. 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."
5.
Relation; reference; regard. "They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles."
6.
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." "In one respect I'll be thy assistant."
7.
Consideration; motive; interest. (Obs.) "Whatever secret respects were likely to move them." "To the publik good Private respects must yield."
In respect, in comparison. (Obs.)
In respect of.
(a)
In comparison with. (Obs.)
(b)
As to; in regard to. (Archaic) "Monsters in respect of their bodies." "In respect of these matters."
In respect to, or With respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects.
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."
Synonyms: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See Deference.


verb
Respect  v. t.  (past & past part. respected; pres. part. respecting)  
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." "In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs."
2.
To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul."
3.
To look toward; to front upon or toward. (Obs.)
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."
5.
To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce.
As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to.
To respect the person or To respect the persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment."
Synonyms: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Respect" Quotes from Famous Books



... imprisonment or death: the petitioner has been a husband to the said woman above twenty years, in all which time he never had reason to accuse her for any impiety or witchcraft, but the contrary. She lived with him as a good, faithful, dutiful wife, and always had respect to the ordinances of God while her strength remained; and the petitioner, on that consideration, is obliged in conscience and justice to use all lawful means for the support and preservation of her life; and it is deplorable, that, in old age, the poor decrepit woman should lie under confinement ...
— Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II • Charles Upham
... knowing any thing of the matter, or having made him any return either for this, or the present I had in the morning. Soon after, the king and his attendants went away also.[1] Otoo not only seemed to pay this chief much respect, but was desirous I should do the same; and yet he was jealous of him, but on what account we knew not. It was but the day before that he frankly told us, Towha was not his friend. Both these chiefs when ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 14 • Robert Kerr
... great respect to the youthful detective. By the dim light Arthur was now able to examine ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society • Edith Van Dyne
... both authors, when, in view of new environments and new social requirements, it became more advantageous to each individual man that he should cease to maraud, should learn to regard the rights of others, should respect the family relation, and subordinate his selfish interest to the general good; then altruism dawned upon the world, moral principle appeared, and the angel of benevolence and love became enshrined in the human breast. Step by ...
— Oriental Religions and Christianity • Frank F. Ellinwood
... disobey, the parents may flounder and storm, loud and long, but all ends in words, in a storm of passion or whining complaint, and the child is thus encouraged to repeat the misconduct, feeling that his parents have no respect for their word. Such a home becomes scolding, but ...
— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips


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