## Meanings
1. A feeling of admiration or high regard for someone or something.
2. To admire and have a high opinion of someone or something.
3. To accept and pay attention to someone's rights, wishes, or customs.
4. A particular aspect or detail of something.

## Examples
- I have great respect for him as a scientist.
- She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
- I respect your right to hold that belief.
- This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.

## Antonyms
- belittlement
- contempt
- contumely
- despect
- disdain
- disparagement
- disrespect
- ignoring
- irreverence
- neglect
- scorn
- slight

## Derived Forms
- by-respect
- disrespect
- misrespect
- over-respect
- overrespect
- respectability
- respectable
- respected
- respectful
- respectless
- respector
- respectworthy

## Related Forms
- respective

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *speḱ-
- Root: respect
- Root: respectus

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Respect comes 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. Modern senses include a feeling of admiration or high regard for someone or something. and to admire and have a high opinion of someone or something.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as by-respect, disrespect, misrespect, over-respect, overrespect, and respectability and related forms such as respective.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment

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