respect

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An attitude of consideration or high regard.

   • He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
2. 2

   Good opinion, honor, or admiration.

3. 3

   Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.

   • The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
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   1. 4

      A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.

      • This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
      • In our two loves there is but one respect
   2. 5

      Good will

      Good will; favor.

      • And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
   3. 6

      To have respect for.

      • She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
   4. 7

      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.
   5. 8

      To abide by an agreement.

      • They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
   6. 9

      To take notice of

      To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.

      • [T]hou reſpecteſt not ſpilling Edwards bloud: [...]
      • 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: [...]
   7. 10

      To relate to

      To relate to; to be concerned with.

      • Whatever they are else, they are always chastisements; and correction respects faults.
      • Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
      • 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.
   8. 11

      To regard

      To regard; to consider; to deem.

      • [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, [...]
   9. 12

      To look toward

      To look toward; to face.

      • 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.
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