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respection

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

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  • /ɹɪˈspɛkʃən/

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noun

Meaning 1

respect; regard

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Early, Modern, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 1527 (original date - this quote is from a later version), William Tyndale, The parable of the wicked mammon without difference or respection of persons

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare Latin respectio.