Word Finder - respect

definition

An attitude of consideration or high regard

example

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

synonyms

• aught
• consideration
• deference
• esteem
• fealty
• regard
• reverence

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Good opinion, honor, or admiration

synonyms

• admiration
• esteem
• honor
• recognition
• regard
• reverence
• veneration

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(always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.

example

The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.

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A particular aspect, feature or detail of something

example

This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.

synonyms

• aspect
• dimension
• face
• facet
• side

definition

Good will; favor

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To have respect for.

example

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

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To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.

example

I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.

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To abide by an agreement.

example

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

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

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(dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.

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To regard; to consider; to deem.

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To look toward; to face.

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Hello, hi

Treat them with respect and take care of them.

I'm disappointed in your decision, but I respect it.

She does not respect others.

From now on she'd have a lot more respect for the art of romancing.

Either he would give her due respect or he could find another sitter.

I understand them so well and have the greatest respect for them.

Deidre shifted, aware again that she was now defenseless against the creatures that used to either fear her or at least, respect her power.

So if you had come home and that man was there, you'd respect my privacy, right?

You teach them to respect people.

In fact, he had a strong respect for the security it could provide.

Then again, most men had some level of respect for him and his position.

I thought you didn't respect me any more.

I need to respect you enough not to provide false hope.

The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude.

He had given her respect, consideration and love.

Rhyn had lost his mate the same day he earned some small piece of respect from his brother.

I respect a man who is decisive and follows through - as long as he confines it to his own household.

With respect to wit, I learned that there was not much difference between the half and the whole.

I saw that the State was half-witted, that it was timid as a lone woman with her silver spoons, and that it did not know its friends from its foes, and I lost all my remaining respect for it, and pitied it.

Lay your respect and confidence at his feet and do not delay to unite with us!

It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right.

He'd toned down his side of the conversation out of respect for her, not expecting to find her worth talking to and pleased when she was.

You cannot interfere and you must respect the terms.

And when you get around to wondering, Lori had enough respect for you and I that she wouldn't horn in on our relationship, either.

In one respect alone did it suit him.

But the most luxuriously housed has little to boast of in this respect, nor need we trouble ourselves to speculate how the human race may be at last destroyed.

In this respect, my company was winnowed by my mere distance from town.

He was not cast in a heroic mould, and he had no desire to figure at the stake; like Cecil, and Elizabeth herself, he had a great respect for authority, and when his time came he could consistently impose authority on others.

With respect to luxuries and comforts, the wisest have ever lived a more simple and meagre life than the poor.

The king's position was now so strong that foreign states began to testify their respect.

That is tp say, his gnosis neutralizes all that is empirical and historical, if not always as to its actuality, at least absolutely in respect of its value.

With respect to other doctrines also, such as those of the Holy Spirit and the incarnation of Christ, &c., Origen prepared the way for the later dogmas.

Marks of public respect were not indeed wanting to him.

The matter was of international importance; for by the treaty of Luneville (February 1801) he had bound himself to respect the independence of the two republics of North Italy, the Cisalpine and the Ligurian.

In one respect the new institution marked an enormous advance on titles of nobility, which had been granted nearly always for warlike exploits, or merely as a mark of the favour of the sovereign.

The church of St Mark's, originally the private chapel of the doge, is unique among the buildings of the world in respect of its unparalleled richness of material and decoration.

The powers of the two houses are equal in every respect except that the Senate passes upon the governor's appointments and tries impeachment cases brought before it by the House of Representatives.

They were manifestly thieves, and I had not much respect for them; but the squirrels, though at first shy, went to work as if they were taking what was their own.

The Light Railways Act and the Locomotives on Highways Act were added to the statute book in 1896, and various clauses in the Finance Act effected reforms in respect of the death duties, the land-tax, farmers' income-tax and the beer duty.

There is considerable uncertainty with respect to the names of the species of Aplysia.

A lively agitation all over Europe, and particularly in England (conducted by Ruskin and William Morris), led the Italian government to discard the Austrian plan of restoration, at least as regards the interior of the Basilica, and to respect the ancient portions which had stood the test of time and had escaped "renewal" by man.

The Federal Street theatre-the first regular theatrewas established in 1794, the old Puritan feeling having had its natural influence in keeping Boston behind New York and Philadelphia in this respect.

Where there is an unqualified covenant to repair, and the premises during the tenancy are burnt down, or destroyed by some other inevitable calamity, the tenant is bound to rebuild and restore them at his own expense, even although the landlord has taken out a policy on his own account and been paid by the insurance company in respect of it.

If the crystal structure be regarded as composed of 0 three interpenetrating point systems, one consisting of sulphur atoms, the second of four times as many oxygen atoms, and the third of twice as many potassium atoms, the systems being so arranged that the sulphur system is always centrally situated with respect to the other two, and the potassium system so that it would affect the vertical axis, then it is obvious that the replacement of potassium by an element of greater atomic weight would specially increase the length of w (corresponding to the vertical axis), and cause a smaller increase in the horizontal parameters (x and 1/ '); moreover, the increments would advance with the atomic weight of the replacing metal.

He was treated with scanty respect in the chair, and seems to have had little control over the proceedings.

Such, however, was the respect inspired by the holy places, that no disorders resulted.

The judges, in making their awards at the show held annually in December, at Islington, North London (since 1862), are instructed to decide according to quality of flesh, lightness of offal, age and early maturity, with no restrictions as to feeding, and thus to promote the primary aim of the club in encouraging the selection and breeding of the best and most useful animals for the production of meat, and testing their capabilities in respect of early maturity.

On the 1st of September 1890 the Board of Agriculture assumed powers with respect to pleuro-pneumonia under the Diseases of Animals Act of that year.

Is it possible then to obtain unanimity as to the methods of arriving at conclusions in social and political matters, so as to secure similar agreement of opinion among the specially skilled, and similar general respect for their authority ?

With respect to economic method he shifted his position, yet to the end occupied uncertain ground.