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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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Respect" Quotes from Famous Books



... I visited the Capitol, I came to take an oath on the steps of this building. I pledged to honor our Constitution and laws. (Applause.) And I asked you to join me in setting a tone of civility and respect ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various
... was going to inform Napoleon, caught hold of his coat and in a tone of great concern exclaimed, "Ah sir, do not alarm the Emperor! Tell him the noise is owing to an accident!" In general the midshipmen behaved with marked respect and attention to Bonaparte, and often by signs or words directed the sailors to avoid incommoding him: He sometimes noticed this conduct, and remarked that youthful hearts were always prone ...
— Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete • Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
... with some novel, preferably The Vicar of Wakefield, in respect to clearness of setting, delineation of character, structure of plot, definiteness of purpose, and clearness and grace of style. What is lacking to make the ...
— Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English - Based on the Requirements for Admission to College • Gilbert Sykes Blakely
... the function of philosophy with respect to theological truth, which the Fathers worked out on the basis of the concrete example of the course of Greek thought, though with a view to a much wider application, has its justification in the very nature and conditions of thought itself. For philosophy is essentially ...
— The Basis of Early Christian Theism • Lawrence Thomas Cole
... embroideries and the clinging draperies which she thought suited her slender, pliant figure so well? Was it a part of this whole scheme; and was the object of the scheme to humiliate her, to take away her self-respect, her ...
— Queen Hildegarde • Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards


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