respect
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite.
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NounEdit
respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)
- (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
- He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
- we do respect people for their dignity and worth.
- (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
- (countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- In our two loves there is but one respect
- This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- Good will; favor
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
- And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
Usage notesEdit
- Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
SynonymsEdit
- (attitude of consideration): deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught
- (good opinion): admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor
- (polite greetings, condolences):
- (aspect): aspect, facet, face, side, dimension
AntonymsEdit
- belittlement
- contempt
- contumely
- despect (noun) (archaic)
- disdain
- disparagement
- disrespect (noun)
- ignoring
- irreverence
- neglect
- scorn
- slight
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TranslationsEdit
admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
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good opinion, honor, or admiration
polite greetings
particular aspect of something
VerbEdit
respect (third-person singular simple present respects, present participle respecting, simple past and past participle respected)
- To have respect for.
- She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.
- To abide by an agreement.
- They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- Shakespeare
- Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood.
- Francis Bacon
- In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs.
- Shakespeare
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- J. Lee
- Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
- I hope I may never again be in a state of mind so unchristian as the mental frame in which I lived for some weeks, respecting the memory of Master B.
- J. Lee
- (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
- Ben Jonson
- To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, / And as his own respected him to death.
- Ben Jonson
- (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
- Sir Thomas Browne
- Palladius adviseth, the front of his house should so respect the South […]
- Sir Thomas Browne
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
- disrespect (note: also has noun meaning)
- respectability
- respectable
SynonymsEdit
- (to have respect for): esteem, honor, revere, venerate
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
- (to abide by an agreement): honor
AntonymsEdit
- (to have respect for): contemn, despect (verb) (archaic), despise, dis, diss, disrespect (verb)
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight
TranslationsEdit
to have respect for
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to have regard for the rights of others
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to regard as worthy of special consideration
to abide by an agreement
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InterjectionEdit
respect
- (Jamaican) hello, hi
Further readingEdit
- respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- respect in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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NounEdit
respect n (uncountable)
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
respect m (plural respects)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “respect” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French respect, Latin respectus.
NounEdit
respect n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
declension of respect (singular only)
| singular | ||
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| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) respect | respectul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) respect | respectului |
| vocative | respectule | |