Definition of Respect

Respect To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed. To consider worthy of esteem; to regard with honor. To look toward; to front upon or toward. To regard; to consider; to deem. To have regard to; to have reference to; to relate to; as, the treaty particularly respects our commerce. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another. Reputation; repute. Relation; reference; regard. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects. Consideration; motive; interest. Related Definitions: Act, All, An, Another, Any, As, Attention, Care, Caution, Commerce, Consider, Consideration, Deem, Deference, Esteem, Expression, For, Front, Giving, Have, Heed, Hence, Honor, In, Interest, Look, Motive, Notice, Noticing, Of, One, Or, Our, Particular, Particularly, Point, Reference, Regard, Regarded, Relate, Relation, Reputation, Repute, Respect, Send, Special, Take, The, This, To, Toward, Treaty, Upon, View, With, Worthy

Respect Quotations Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. Marilyn Monroe An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. Martin Luther King, Jr. One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. Martin Luther King, Jr. I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law. Martin Luther King, Jr. Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. Martin Luther King, Jr. There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible. Mother Teresa If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. Maya Angelou Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. Albert Einstein If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Abraham Lincoln

Respect Translations respect in Afrikaans is aansien, respek, respekteer respect in Dutch is eerbiedigen, respecteren respect in French is respect, respectent, respectons, respectez respect in German is beachten, hinsicht respect in Italian is rispettare, rispetto, stimare respect in Latin is veneratio, erubesco, respicio respect in Portuguese is respeito respect in Spanish is respeto, apreciar, respetar