Results for respect

Definitions of respect:

part of speech: verb transitive

To honor or esteem; notice; heed; as, to respect the advice of parents; avoid intrusion upon; as, to respect private property; have relation to; as, the matter respects our welfare.

part of speech: noun

Act of esteeming highly: regard: expression of esteem: deportment arising from esteem: relation: reference: ( B.) good- will: partiality.

part of speech: noun

Regard for worth; honor and esteem; as, the world's respect for a great man; thoughtful and attentive notice; as, have respect for my words; undue favor or bias; as, to show respect of persons; courteous manner of treating others; a special point; as, in certain respects; relation, reference, or regard; as, with respect to.

part of speech: verb

To regard; to view or consider with some degree of reverence; to esteem for worth or superiority; to have relation to.

part of speech: noun

That estimation or honour in which men hold the worth or good qualities of others; deference; partial regard; undue bias; in Scrip., goodwill or favour.

part of speech: verb transitive

To esteem for merit: to honor: to relate to.

Usage examples for respect:

• I have never gone against his wishes, save in one respect and in that I can never obey him, for it is a matter in which he has no right to command. "The Firm of Girdlestone", Arthur Conan Doyle

• Do you think I did it because I did not love him- and respect him- and think him better than all the rest of the world? "Louisiana", Frances Hodgson Burnett

• She said as you would be different from the ladies we were used to, but you'd be our relation and mean all for our good, and we was to put up with you as you'd put up with us, and to respect you and love you like we did her. "Pearl and Periwinkle", Anna Graetz

• Willy looked at him with surprise and something like respect "Little Grandfather", Sophie May