respect
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
respect/rɪˈspekt/
▶noun
- 1 a feeling of deep admiration for someone elicited by their qualities or achievements.
■ (respects) polite greetings.
- 2 due regard for the feelings or rights of others.
- 3 a particular aspect, point, or detail.
- 1 feel or have respect for.
- 2 avoid harming or interfering with.
■ agree to recognize and abide by.
– phrases
in respect of (or with respect to) as regards; with reference to.
in respect of (or with respect to) as regards; with reference to.
– derivatives
respecter noun.
respecter noun.
– origin ME: from L. respectus, from respicere ‘look back at, regard’.
'respect' also found in these Oxford entries:
admirable
- admire
- adore
- ahimsa
- amour propre
- angle
- audacious
- august
- awe
- axis
- beau idéal
- benefice
- bioindicator
- bow
- breath
- catholic
- challenged
- commemorate
- connect
- control
- credit
- curve
- dedicate
- deference
- degrade
- degrading
- demean
- derivative
- dignity
- disdain
- disdainful
- disrespect
- distinguish
- distinguished
- enthrone
- esteem
- estimable
- ex parte
- fair play
- flippant
- focus
- formidable
- free
- gallantry
- genuflect
- give
- half mast
- homage
- honorific
- honour
