Respecting Others Definition of Respect Handout 1
Grade 6 Lesson 14
RESPECT
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–noun
1. a particular, detail, or point (usually prec. by in): to differ in some respect.
2. relation or reference: inquiries with respect to a route.
3. esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered
as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability: I have great respect for her judgment.
4. deference to a right, privilege, privileged position, or someone or something considered to have certain rights or privileges; proper acceptance or courtesy; acknowledgment: respect for a suspect's right to
counsel; to show respect for the flag; respect for the elderly.
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6. the condition of being esteemed or honored: to be held in respect. respects, a formal expression or gesture of greeting, esteem, or friendship: Give my respects to your
parents. favor or partiality. 7.
8. Archaic. a consideration.
–verb (used with object)
9. to hold in esteem or honor: I cannot respect a cheat.
10. to show regard or consideration for: to respect someone's rights.
11. to refrain from intruding upon or interfering with: to respect a person's privacy.
12. to relate or have reference to.
—Idioms
13. in respect of, in reference to; in regard to; concerning.
14. in respect that, Archaic. because of; since.
15. pay one's respects, a. to visit in order to welcome, greet, etc.: We paid our respects to the new neighbors. b. to express one's sympathy, esp. to survivors following a death: We paid our respects to the family.
Synonyms:
1. regard, feature, matter. 2. regard, connection. 3. estimation, reverence, homage, honor. R ESPECT , ESTEEM ,
VENERATION imply recognition of personal qualities by approbation, deference, and more or less affection. R ESPECT is commonly the result of admiration and approbation, together with deference: to feel respect for a great scholar.
E STEEM is deference combined with admiration and often with affection: to hold a friend in great esteem.
V ENERATION is an almost religious attitude of deep respect, reverence, and love, such as we feel for persons or things of outstanding superiority, endeared by long association: veneration for one's grandparents, for noble
traditions. 7. bias, preference. 9. revere, venerate, consider, admire. 10. heed.