Definition: respect
respect
n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in
that respect" [syn: regard]
2: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or
well regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has
earned high regard" [syn: esteem, regard] [ant: disesteem]
3: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect
for him" [syn: esteem, regard] [ant: disrespect]
4: an courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or
regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering";
"be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: deference]
5: behavior intended to please your parents; "their children
were never very strong on obedience"; "he went to law
school out of respect for his father's wishes" [syn: obedience]
6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly
regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard]
7: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to
your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: deference,
respectfulness]
v 1: regard highly; think much of [syn: esteem, value, prize,
prise] [ant: disrespect, disrespect]
2: show respect towards; "honor your parents!" [syn: honor, honour,
abide by, observe] [ant: disrespect]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Respect \Re*spect"\ (r?*sp?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Respected; p. pr. & vb. n. Respecting.] [L. respectare, v. intens. from respicere, respectum, to look back, respect; pref. re- re- + specere, spicere, to look, to view: cf. F. respecter. See Spy, and cf. Respite.] 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. --Shak. In orchards and gardens, we do not so much respect beauty as variety of ground for fruits, trees, and herbs. --Bacon. 2. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. ``I do respect thee as my soul.'' --Shak. 3. To look toward; to front upon or toward. [Obs.] Palladius adviseth the front of his house should so respect the ??uth. --Sir T. Browne. 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. --B. Jonson. 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. --Macaulay. To respect the person or persons, to favor a person, or persons on corrupt grounds; to show partiality. ``Ye shall not respect persons in judgment.'' --Deut. i. 17. Syn: To regard; esteem; honor; revere; venerate.
Respect \Re*spect"\, n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite.] 1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. But he it well did ward with wise respect. --Spenser. 2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. Seen without awe, and served without respect. --Prior. The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. --R. Nelson. 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. --Shak. 5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. --Tillotson. 4. 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. --Tillotson. In one respect I'll be thy assistant. --Shak. 7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] ``Whatever secret respects were likely to move them.'' --Hooker. To the publik good Private respects must yield. --Milton. In respect, in comparison. [Obs.] --Shak. In respect of. (a) In comparison with. [Obs.] --Shak. (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] ``Monsters in respect of their bodies.'' --Bp. Wilkins. ``In respect of these matters.'' --Jowett. (Thucyd.) In, or With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects. --Tillotson. 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.'' --Prov. xxiv. 23. Syn: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See Deference.
