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respect

intj · noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛkt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Pennsylvania, Western: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɹɪˈspekt/
  • New-Zealand: /ɹəˈspekt/
  • rhymes with -ɛkt
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH0 S P EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 S P EH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

hello, hi

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Jamaica

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Good opinion, honor, or admiration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: always plural

Examples

  • The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A particular aspect, feature or detail of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: aspect, dimension, face, facet, side

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Good will; favor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To have respect for.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esteem, honor, revere, venerate, idolize, lay store by, look up to, prize, hallow, put store by, put store in, rate, regard, respect, set store by, value, worthy

Antonyms: contemn, despect, disrespect, despise, disdain, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, scorn, spurn, abuse, affront, burn, carry, cut down, dis, diss, give stick, heckle, hurt someone's feelings, insult, lapidate, qualifier, misbid, misuse, offend, send, scandal, scandalize, slag, slag off, sledge, slight, slur, sneap, spite, wound

8

verb

Meaning 8

To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.
  • I respect your right to feel offended, even though most people, myself included, totally disagree and don’t find the comment offensive in the slightest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To abide by an agreement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: honor

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esteem, take note, value, attend, clock, consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark, mind, notice, pass, pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, privy, regard, take heed, take notice

Antonyms: belittle, ignore, neglect, slight, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, befoul, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken, blame, blaze, blemish, blot, blur, calumniate, calumny, chat shit, chat shite, cloud, defame, demonize, denigrate, deprave, depreciate, detract, dirty, discredit, disgrace, disparage, disrepute, diss, drag through the mud, forgab, forspeak, foul, infamize, lampoon, libel, malign, monsterize, muddy, reproach, revile, scandal, shit-talk, slag, slander, smear, smirch, spatter, spot, speak ill of, stab, stain, sully, talk shit, talk shite, talk trash, tarnish, torch, traduce, trash-talk, unflatter, vilify, vilipend, villainize, wrong

11

verb

Meaning 11

To relate to; to be concerned with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: dated except in "respecting"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To regard; to consider; to deem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: account, hold, find, appraise, count, esteem, see, censure, consider, deem, dub, interpret, judge, look upon, regard as, respect, think of, view as

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To look toward; to face.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: face, regard

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

behavior intended to please your parents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their children were never very strong on obedience
  • he went to law school out of respect for his father's wishes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obedience

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: filial duty

15

noun

Meaning 15

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his deference to her wishes was very flattering
  • be sure to give my respects to the dean

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deference

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: politeness, civility

Narrower terms: court, homage, last respects, props

16

noun

Meaning 16

courteous regard for people's feelings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in deference to your wishes
  • out of respect for his privacy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deference, respectfulness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: courtesy, good manners

17

noun

Meaning 17

(usually preceded by `in') a detail or point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it differs in that respect

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: detail, item, point

18

noun

Meaning 18

an attitude of admiration or esteem

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she lost all respect for him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esteem, regard

Antonyms: disrespect

Broader terms: attitude, mental attitude

Narrower terms: estimate, estimation

19

noun

Meaning 19

a feeling of friendship and esteem

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she mistook his manly regard for love
  • he inspires respect

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia

20

noun

Meaning 20

the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it is held in esteem
  • a man who has earned high regard

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esteem, regard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: honor, honour, laurels

Narrower terms: stature

21

verb

Meaning 21

regard highly; think much of

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I respect his judgement
  • We prize his creativity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esteem, value, prize, prise

Antonyms: disrespect

Broader terms: see, consider, reckon, view, regard

Narrower terms: think the world of, reverence, fear, revere, venerate, admire, look up to

22

verb

Meaning 22

show respect towards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • honor your parents!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: honor, honour, abide by, observe

Antonyms: disrespect

Broader terms: accept

Narrower terms: lionize, lionise, celebrate, tolerate

History

Etymology

From Middle English respect, from Old French respect, also respit (“respect, regard, consideration”), from Latin respectus (“a looking at, regard, respect”), perfect passive participle of respiciō (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speciō (“to see”). Doublet of respite.

Across languages

Translations

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Albanian: nderim — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Amharic: ክብር (kəbr) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Arabic: اِحْتِرَام (iḥtirām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Arabic: احترام (ʔeḥtrām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Arabic: احترام (iḥtirām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Armenian: հարգանք (hargankʻ) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Asturian: respetu — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Avar: хӏурмат (ḥrurmat) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Azerbaijani: hörmət — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Azerbaijani: sayğı — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Azerbaijani: ehtiram — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Azerbaijani: xətir — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bashkir: хөрмәт (xörmət) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bashkir: ихтирам (ixtiram) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Belarusian: пава́га (paváha) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Belarusian: паважа́нне (pavažánnje) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Belarusian: паважа́ньне (pavažánʹnje) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Belarusian: паша́на (pašána) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bengali: সম্মান (śomman) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Breton: doujañs — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bulgarian: уваже́ние (uvažénie) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Burmese: ရိုသေ (ruise) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Burmese: အရိုအသေ (a.ruia.se) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Catalan: respecte — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 尊重 (zyun1 zung6) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 尊敬 (zyun1 ging3) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尊重 (zūnzhòng) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尊敬 (zūnjìng) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Czech: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Czech: úcta — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Danish: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Danish: agtelse — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Dutch: respect — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Dutch: achting — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Dutch: eerbied — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Egyptian: S:f-i-i-t-F7 (šfyt) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Esperanto: respekto — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Esperanto: respektemo — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Esperanto: altestimo — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Estonian: lugupidamine — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Finnish: kunnioitus — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • French: respect — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Friulian: rispiet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Galician: respecto — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Georgian: პატივისცემა (ṗaṭiviscema) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • German: Achtung — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • German: Respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bavarian German: Respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Greek: σεβασμός (sevasmós) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ancient Greek: σέβας (sébas) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Haitian Creole: respè — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hebrew: כָּבוֹד (kavód) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hindi: सम्मान (sammān) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hindi: आदर (ādar) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hungarian: tisztelet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hungarian: elismerés — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Hungarian: megbecsülés — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Icelandic: virðing — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Indonesian: hormat — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Irish: meas — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Irish: urraim — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Irish: oirmhidin — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Irish: ómós — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Italian: rispetto — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Japanese: 尊敬 (sonkei) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Japanese: 崇敬 (sūkei) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Japanese: 尊重 (sonchō) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Japanese: 重視 (jushi) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Old Javanese: sĕmbah — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kaitag: хатир (ꭓatir) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kazakh: құрмет (qūrmet) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kazakh: қадір (qadır) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kazakh: сый (syi) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Khmer: ការគោរព (kaa koorup) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Khmer: គារវៈ (kiərĕəʼvĕəʼ) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Korean: 존중 (jonjung) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Korean: 경의 (gyeong'ui) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێز (rêz) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Northern Kurdish: rêzgirtin — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Northern Kurdish: rêzdarî — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Northern Kurdish: ihtiram — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Northern Kurdish: hurmet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Northern Kurdish: giramî — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kyrgyz: кадыр (kadır) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kyrgyz: кадырдоо (kadırdoo) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Kyrgyz: сый (sıy) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ladin: respet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Latgalian: cīns — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Latin: respectus — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Latin: observantia — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Latin: reverentia — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Latvian: cieņa — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Lithuanian: pagarba — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Macedonian: почит (počit) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Macedonian: респект (respekt) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Malay: hormat — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Malay: adab — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Maltese: rispett — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Māori: kauanuanu — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Māori: whakaute — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Marathi: आदर (ādar) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Mongolian: хүндэтгэл (xündetgel) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vyrdnad — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Occitan: respècte — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Pashto: احترام (ehterãm) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Dari: اِحْتِرَام (ihtirām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Dari: اَدَب (adab) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Iranian Persian: اِحْتِرام (ehterâm) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Iranian Persian: اَدَب (adab) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Plautdietsch: Acht (nds) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: szacunek — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: estyma — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: poważanie — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: uważanie — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: atencja — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Polish: atentacja — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Portuguese: respeito — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Romanian: respect — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Russian: уваже́ние (uvažénije) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Russian: почте́ние (počténije) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Samoan: āva — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Sanskrit: आदर (ādara) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Sanskrit: सम्मान (sammāna) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Scottish Gaelic: onair — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Scottish Gaelic: urram — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Scottish Gaelic: suim — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Serbo-Croatian: поштова́ње — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Serbo-Croatian: poštovánje — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Sicilian: rispettu — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Slovak: rešpekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Slovak: úcta — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Slovene: spoštovanje — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Spanish: respeto — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Spanish: pleitesía — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Swahili: adabu — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Swedish: respekt — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Swedish: aktning — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tabasaran: гьюрмат (hjurmat) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tagalog: paggalang — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tajik: эҳтиром (ehtirom) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tajik: ҳурмат (hurmat) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tajik: иззат (izzat) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tajik: адаб (adab) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tamil: மதிப்பு (matippu) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tatar: хөрмәт (xörmät) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tatar: ихтирам (ixtiram) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Telugu: గౌరవం (gauravaṁ) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tetum: respeitu — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Thai: ความเคารพ (kwaam-kao-róp) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Tongan: fakaʻapaʻapa — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Turkish: saygı — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Turkish: hürmet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Turkish: ihtiram — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ottoman Turkish: احترام (iḥtirām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ottoman Turkish: صایغی (saygı) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ottoman Turkish: حرمت (hürmet) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Turkmen: hormat — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ukrainian: пова́га (pováha) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ukrainian: поважа́ння (považánnja) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Ukrainian: поша́на (pošána) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Urdu: آدَر (ādar) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Urdu: اِحْتِرام (ihtirām) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Uyghur: ھۆرمەت (hörmet) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Uyghur: ئىززەت (izzet) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Uzbek: hurmat — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Uzbek: izzat — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Uzbek: ehtirom — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Vietnamese: sự tôn trọng — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Welsh: parch — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Yiddish: דרך־ארץ (derekherets) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Yiddish: כּבֿוד (koved) — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Zazaki: hurmet — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Zazaki: adab — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Zazaki: semen — admiration for a person or entity because of perceived merit
  • Bulgarian: по́чит (póčit) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Bulgarian: зачи́тане (začítane) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Hindi: सम्मान (sammān) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Italian: rispetto — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Japanese: 尊敬 (sonkei) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Japanese: 崇敬 (sūkei) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Khiamniungan Naga: vìshā — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Norwegian Bokmål: respekt — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: respekt — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Punjabi: ਸਤਕਾਰ (satkār) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Sanskrit: सम्मान (sammāna) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Turkish: saygınlık — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Turkish: itibar — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Ottoman Turkish: اعتبار (i’tibâr) — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Zazaki: itibar — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Zazaki: hurmetkar — good opinion, honor, or admiration
  • Czech: vyjádření úcty — polite greetings
  • Finnish: kunnioitus — polite greetings
  • Greek: σέβη (sévi) — polite greetings
  • Hungarian: kegyelet — polite greetings
  • Hungarian: tisztelet — polite greetings
  • Icelandic: virðing — polite greetings
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێزوسڵاو (rêzusllaw) — polite greetings
  • Portuguese: respeito — polite greetings
  • Portuguese: reverência — polite greetings
  • Spanish: respeto — polite greetings
  • Swahili: adabu — polite greetings
  • Arabic: اِعْتِبَار (iʕtibār) — particular aspect of something
  • Arabic: صَدَد (ṣadad) — particular aspect of something
  • Azerbaijani: xüsus — particular aspect of something
  • Azerbaijani: baxım — particular aspect of something
  • Belarusian: адно́сіны (adnósiny) — particular aspect of something
  • Bulgarian: отноше́ние (otnošénie) — particular aspect of something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 方面 (fāngmiàn) — particular aspect of something
  • Czech: ohled — particular aspect of something
  • Danish: henseende — particular aspect of something
  • Finnish: suhde — particular aspect of something
  • Hungarian: vonatkozás — particular aspect of something
  • Hungarian: szempont — particular aspect of something
  • Hungarian: tekintet — particular aspect of something
  • Icelandic: leyti — particular aspect of something
  • Italian: riguardo — particular aspect of something
  • Italian: materia — particular aspect of something
  • Japanese: 点 (ten) — particular aspect of something
  • Korean: 점 (jeom) — particular aspect of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: måte — particular aspect of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aspekt — particular aspect of something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: henseende — particular aspect of something
  • Portuguese: respeito — particular aspect of something
  • Romanian: privință — particular aspect of something
  • Russian: отноше́ние (otnošénije) — particular aspect of something
  • Spanish: respeto — particular aspect of something
  • Swedish: avseende — particular aspect of something
  • Swedish: hänseende — particular aspect of something
  • Thai: เคารพ (kao-róp) — particular aspect of something
  • Turkish: bakım — particular aspect of something
  • Turkish: husus — particular aspect of something
  • Turkish: açı — particular aspect of something
  • Turkish: yön — particular aspect of something
  • Ukrainian: відно́шення (vidnóšennja) — particular aspect of something
  • Zazaki: xusus — particular aspect of something
  • Albanian: respektoj — to have respect for
  • Arabic: اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama) — to have respect for
  • Arabic: احترم (eḥtaram) — to have respect for
  • Armenian: հարգել (hargel) — to have respect for
  • Azerbaijani: hörmət qoymaq — to have respect for
  • Azerbaijani: hörmət etmək — to have respect for
  • Azerbaijani: saymaq — to have respect for
  • Belarusian: паважа́ць (pavažácʹ) — to have respect for
  • Belarusian: шанава́ць (šanavácʹ) — to have respect for
  • Breton: doujañ — to have respect for
  • Bulgarian: уважа́вам (uvažávam) — to have respect for
  • Bulgarian: уважа́ (uvažá) — to have respect for
  • Catalan: respectar — to have respect for
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尊重 (zūnzhòng) — to have respect for
  • Chinese Mandarin: 尊敬 (zūnjìng) — to have respect for
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uhishimu — to have respect for
  • Czech: respektovat — to have respect for
  • Czech: mít úctu — to have respect for
  • Dutch: respecteren — to have respect for
  • Egyptian: S:f-F7 (šfj) — to have respect for
  • Esperanto: respekti — to have respect for
  • Esperanto: altestimi — to have respect for
  • Finnish: kunnioittaa — to have respect for
  • French: respecter — to have respect for
  • Galician: respectar — to have respect for
  • Georgian: პატივისცემა (ṗaṭiviscema) — to have respect for
  • German: respektieren — to have respect for
  • Greek: σέβομαι (sévomai) — to have respect for
  • Haitian Creole: respekte — to have respect for
  • Hebrew: כיבד \ כִּבֵּד (kibéd) — to have respect for
  • Hindi: सम्मान (sammān) — to have respect for
  • Hindi: आदर (ādar) — to have respect for
  • Hungarian: tisztel — to have respect for
  • Hungarian: respektál — to have respect for
  • Icelandic: virða — to have respect for
  • Icelandic: bera virðingu fyrir — to have respect for
  • Irish: meas a bheith agat ar — to have respect for
  • Italian: rispettare — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 崇める (agameru) — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 敬う (uyamau) — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 尊敬する (sonkei suru) — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 崇敬する (sūkei suru) — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 尊ぶ (tōtobu) — to have respect for
  • Japanese: 重んずる (omonzuru) — to have respect for
  • Kazakh: құрметтеу (qūrmetteu) — to have respect for
  • Kazakh: қадірлеу (qadırleu) — to have respect for
  • Kazakh: ардақтау (ardaqtau) — to have respect for
  • Khmer: គោរព (koorup) — to have respect for
  • Korean: 존경하다 (jon'gyeonghada) — to have respect for
  • Central Kurdish: ڕێز گرتن (rêz girtin) — to have respect for
  • Lao: ເຄົາລົບ (khao lop) — to have respect for
  • Latin: respicio — to have respect for
  • Latin: revereor — to have respect for
  • Latin: honōrō — to have respect for
  • Lithuanian: gerbti — to have respect for
  • Macedonian: почитува (počituva) — to have respect for
  • Macedonian: респекти́ра (respektíra) — to have respect for
  • Māori: whakamiha — to have respect for
  • Māori: whakaute — to have respect for
  • Māori: ngākau whakaute — to have respect for
  • Mongolian: хүндлэх (xündlex) — to have respect for
  • Pannonian Rusyn: почитовац (počitovac) — to have respect for
  • Persian: احترام گذاشتن (ehterâm gozâštan) — to have respect for
  • Polish: szanować — to have respect for
  • Polish: poważać — to have respect for
  • Polish: respektować — to have respect for
  • Portuguese: respeitar — to have respect for
  • Romanian: respecta — to have respect for
  • Russian: уважа́ть (uvažátʹ) — to have respect for
  • Russian: почита́ть (počitátʹ) — to have respect for
  • Sanskrit: मानति (mānati) — to have respect for
  • Serbo-Croatian: уважа́вати — to have respect for
  • Serbo-Croatian: uvažávati — to have respect for
  • Slovak: rešpektovať — to have respect for
  • Slovak: mať úctu — to have respect for
  • Slovene: spoštovati — to have respect for
  • Spanish: respetar — to have respect for
  • Swahili: heshimu — to have respect for
  • Swahili: taadhima — to have respect for
  • Swedish: ha respekt för — to have respect for
  • Tajik: эҳтиром кардан (ehtirom kardan) — to have respect for
  • Tamil: மதி (mati) — to have respect for
  • Telugu: గౌరవించు (gauraviñcu) — to have respect for
  • Thai: เคารพ (kao-róp) — to have respect for
  • Turkish: saymak — to have respect for
  • Turkish: saygı duymak — to have respect for
  • Ukrainian: поважа́ти (považáty) — to have respect for
  • Ukrainian: шанува́ти (šanuváty) — to have respect for
  • Vietnamese: tôn trọng — to have respect for
  • Walloon: respecter — to have respect for
  • Zazaki: itibar kerden — to have respect for
  • Armenian: հարգել (hargel) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Azerbaijani: hörmət qoymaq — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Azerbaijani: əməl etmək — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Azerbaijani: icra etmək — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Bulgarian: зачитам (začitam) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遵守 (zūnshǒu) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Czech: brát ohled — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Finnish: kunnioittaa — to have regard for the rights of others
  • German: respektieren — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Greek: σέβομαι (sévomai) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Hungarian: elismer — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Hungarian: tiszteletben tart — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Icelandic: virða — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Japanese: 重んじる (omonjiru) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Japanese: 尊重する (sonchō suru) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Latin: respicio — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Lithuanian: gerbti — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Māori: whakaute — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Polish: uszanować — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Portuguese: respeitar — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Russian: уважа́ть (uvažátʹ) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Russian: соблюда́ть (sobljudátʹ) — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Swahili: taadhima — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Swahili: heshimu — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Swedish: respektera — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Zazaki: emel kerden — to have regard for the rights of others
  • Bulgarian: тача (tača) — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重視 /重视 (zhòngshì) — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Hungarian: tekintetbe vesz — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Hungarian: figyelembe vesz — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Japanese: 重んじる (omonjiru) — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Japanese: 貴ぶ (tōtobu) — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Japanese: 重視する (jūshi suru) — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Polish: uszanować — to regard as worthy of special consideration
  • Armenian: հարգել (hargel) — to abide by an agreement
  • Bulgarian: спазвам (spazvam) — to abide by an agreement
  • Bulgarian: съблюдавам (sǎbljudavam) — to abide by an agreement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遵守 (zūnshǒu) — to abide by an agreement
  • Czech: uznávat — to abide by an agreement
  • Dutch: eerbiedigen — to abide by an agreement
  • Finnish: kunnioittaa — to abide by an agreement
  • German: respektieren — to abide by an agreement
  • Hungarian: betart — to abide by an agreement
  • Hungarian: tiszteletben tart — to abide by an agreement
  • Icelandic: virða — to abide by an agreement
  • Portuguese: respeitar — to abide by an agreement
  • Russian: уважа́ть (uvažátʹ) — to abide by an agreement
  • Russian: соблюда́ть (sobljudátʹ) — to abide by an agreement
  • Swedish: att respektera — to abide by an agreement
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