respect
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit ("respect, regard, consideration"; > respite), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“look at”).
PronunciationEdit
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 of something
- This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
Usage notesEdit
- Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
SynonymsEdit
- (attitude of consideration): deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence
- (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
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
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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
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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): honor, revere, venerate
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
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
- (Jamaica) hello, hi
StatisticsEdit
Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: greatest · property · started · #742: respect · that's · Christian · food
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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PronunciationEdit
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EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
respect n (uncountable)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
respect m (plural respects)
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “respect” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowing from French respect, Latin respectus.
NounEdit
respect n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
declension of respect (singular only)
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| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) respect | respectul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) respect | respectului |
| vocative | respectule | |