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Respect   /rɪspˈɛkt/  /rispˈɛkt/   Listen
noun
Respect  n.  
1.
The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. "But he it well did ward with wise respect."
2.
Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. "Seen without awe, and served without respect." "The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect."
3.
pl. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.
4.
Reputation; repute. (Obs.) "Many of the best respect in Rome."
5.
Relation; reference; regard. "They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles."
6.
Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects. "Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects." "In one respect I'll be thy assistant."
7.
Consideration; motive; interest. (Obs.) "Whatever secret respects were likely to move them." "To the publik good Private respects must yield."
In respect, in comparison. (Obs.)
In respect of.
(a)
In comparison with. (Obs.)
(b)
As to; in regard to. (Archaic) "Monsters in respect of their bodies." "In respect of these matters."
In respect to, or With respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects.
To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc. "It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
Synonyms: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See Deference.


verb
Respect  v. t.  (past & past part. respected; pres. part. respecting)  
1.
To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. "Thou respectest not spilling Edward's blood." "In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs."
2.
To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. "I do respect thee as my soul."
3.
To look toward; to front upon or toward. (Obs.)
4.
To regard; to consider; to deem. (Obs.) "To whom my father gave this name of Gaspar, And as his own respected him to death."
5.
To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce.
As respects, as regards; with regard to; as to.
To respect the person or To respect the persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. "Ye shall not respect persons in judgment."
Synonyms: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.





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"Respect" Quotes from Famous Books



... he takes me one side confidential. "Torchy," says he, "could you assist a poor but deserving citizen to retain the respect ...
— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford
... equal to going to the Dingle again to fetch them, and yet every minute he delayed made the chances of their remaining there more remote. He rather hoped that Reade would think of some way out of it. He had a great respect for Reade's intellect, though he did not always show it. The next day was the day of the Inter-House cross-country race. It was always fixed for the afternoon after Sports Day, a most inconvenient time for it, as everybody who had exerted or over-exerted himself the afternoon ...
— The Pothunters • P. G. Wodehouse
... on his ascent in 1888, suggested it as a camping place because the presence of pumice indicated the {p.116} absence of severe winds. It offers none of the conveniences of a camp save a wind-break, and even in that respect no one has ever suffered for want of fresh air. It is highly desirable that a cabin be erected here for the convenience of climbers. Such shelters as the Alpine clubs have built on the high shoulders of many peaks in Switzerland are much needed, not only at Muir, ...
— The Mountain that was 'God' • John H. Williams
... one blow!" and thinking it meant men that the tailor had killed, felt at once more respect for the little fellow. But as he wanted to prove him, he took up a stone and squeezed it so hard that ...
— Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm • Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
... embryological work, proving a very good acquaintance of the great scientist—possibly helped by his predecessors—with the facts of ontogeny, and a great advance upon succeeding generations in this respect. ...
— The Evolution of Man, V.1. • Ernst Haeckel


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