Phrase guide

pay one's last respects

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • 1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: jättää viimeinen tervehdyksenä — Translations
  • Finnish: jättää viimeinen tervehdys — Translations
  • French: rendre un dernier hommage — Translations
  • German: die letzte Ehre erweisen — Translations
  • Polish: składać ostatni hołd — Translations
  • Polish: złożyć ostatni hołd — Translations
  • Russian: заплати́ть после́дний долг (zaplatítʹ poslédnij dolg) — Translations
  • Spanish: dar las condolencias — Translations
  • Spanish: pagar respetos (mis/sus/los) — Translations
  • Vietnamese: phát tang — Translations