respect
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)
- (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
- (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.
- 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 Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:
- In our two loves there is but one respect
- Good will; favor
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 2:25:
- And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Usage notesEdit
- Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
AntonymsEdit
- belittlement
- contempt
- contumely
- despect (noun) (archaic)
- disdain
- disparagement
- disrespect (noun)
- ignoring
- irreverence
- neglect
- scorn
- slight
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
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.
- I respect your right to feel offended, even though most people, myself included, totally disagree and don’t find the comment offensive in the slightest.
- 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.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, OCLC 213833262, [Act II, scene i]:
- [T]hou reſpecteſt not ſpilling Edwards bloud: [...]
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], page 33, OCLC 1044372886:
- We haue also large and various Orchards, and Gardens; Wherein we doe not ſo much reſpect Beauty, as Variety of Ground and Soile, proper for diuerſe Trees and Herbs: [...]
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- 1674, John Owen, Pneumatologia:
- Whatever they are else, they are always chastisements; and correction respects faults.
- 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:
- 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.
- 1674, John Owen, Pneumatologia:
- (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
- c. 1597, Ben. Jonson, A Pleasant Comedy, Called: The Case is Alterd. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Bartholomew Sutton, and William Barrenger, […], published 1609, OCLC 1203228598, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- [T]his my friend (knowen by no name) was found, / Being then a child and ſcarce of power to ſpeake, / To whom my father gaue this name of Gaſper, / And as his own reſpected him to death, [...]
- (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of East and West”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203, 6th book, page 263:
- That Palladius adviſeth the front of his edifice ſhould ſo reſpect the South, that in the firſt angle it receive the riſing raies of the winter Sunne, and decline a little from the winter ſetting thereof.
Derived termsEdit
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
- (Jamaica) hello, hi
ReferencesEdit
- respect at OneLook Dictionary Search
- respect in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “respect” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “respect” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Middle French respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
respect n (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Afrikaans: respek
- Negerhollands: respekt, respect
- → Indonesian: respek
- → Papiamentu: reespek (dated)
- → Saramaccan: lesipéki
- → Sranan Tongo: lespeki
- → Caribbean Javanese: lespéki
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
respect m (plural respects)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “respect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
Jamaican CreoleEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
respect
- greetings, hello, hi
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- A: Wah gwaan? B: Respect!
- A: Hello! B: Hi!
- bye, goodbye
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- A: Tek it easy. B: Respect!
- A: Take it easy. B: Bye!
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
respect
- respect
- 2020, Romardo Lyons, “Mixed reactions to state of emergency”, in The Jamaica Star[1] (in English):
- “Our problem is that the police dem nah deal with people wid nuh respect. […] ”
- Our problem is that the police aren't approaching the people with respect. […]
- Synonym: ratings
- Run whey di two a dem, dem nuh have nuh respect fi yuh.
- Get rid of both of them. They have no respect for you.
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
respect
- respect
- 2020, “DANCING DEATHTRAPS - Dancers risking serious injuries doing stunts”, in The Jamaica Star[2] (in English):
- “Dem a tek too much risk wid dem life and nuff a dem nuh respect dem body […] ”
- They're taking too many risks with their life and a lot of them don't respect their body. […]
- Synonym: rate
- Yuh done know seh mi respect yuh whole heap.
- You already know that I respect you a lot.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French respect, Latin respectus.
PronunciationEdit
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 | |
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- respect in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)