different between respect vs exaltation
respect
English
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 respici? (“look at, look back upon, respect”), from re- (“back”) + speci? (“to see”). Doublet of respite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???sp?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: re?spect
Noun
respect (countable and uncountable, plural respects)
- (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
- Synonyms: deference, esteem, consideration, regard, fealty, reverence, aught
- (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration
- Synonyms: admiration, esteem, reverence, regard, recognition, veneration, honor
- (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
- (countable) a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- In our two loves there is but one respect
- Synonyms: aspect, dimension, face, facet, side
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 36:
- Good will; favor
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
- And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
- 1611, King James Version, Exodus 2:25:
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "respect": great, high, utmost, absolute
Antonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- respective
Translations
Verb
respect (third-person singular simple present respects, present participle respecting, simple past and past participle respected)
- To have respect for.
- To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
- To abide by an agreement.
- To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
- (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
- 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:
- Glandulation respects the secretory vessels, which are either glandules, follicles, or utricles.
- 1806, James Lee, An Introduction to Botany:
- (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
- (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (to have respect for): esteem, honor, revere, venerate
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): esteem, value
- (to abide by an agreement): honor
Antonyms
- (to have respect for): contemn, despect (verb) (archaic), despise, dis, diss, disrespect (verb)
- (to regard as worthy of special consideration): belittle, ignore, neglect, slight
Translations
Interjection
respect
- (Jamaican) hello, hi
References
- respect at OneLook Dictionary Search
- respect in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- respect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- respect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Sceptre, recepts, scepter, sceptre, specter, spectre
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French respect, from Old French respect, from Latin respectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?s?p?kt/, /r??sp?kt/
- Hyphenation: res?pect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
respect n (uncountable)
- respect
- Synonym: eerbied
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: respek
- ? Indonesian: respek
French
Etymology
From Latin respectus. Doublet of répit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.p?/
Noun
respect m (plural respects)
- respect
Derived terms
- avec tout le respect que je vous dois
- respecter
- respectueux
- sauf votre respect
- tenir en respect
Further reading
- “respect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- spectre
Jamaican Creole
Alternative forms
- respeck
Etymology
From English respect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???s?sp?k/
- Hyphenation: res?pect
Interjection
respect
- greetings, hello, hi
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- bye, goodbye
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
See also
- guidance
- manners
- protection
Noun
respect
- respect
- Synonym: ratings
Derived terms
- respect due
Verb
respect
- respect
- Synonym: rate
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French respect, Latin respectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /res?pekt/
Noun
respect n (uncountable)
- respect, consideration, deference, esteem, regard
- Synonym: stim?
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- respect in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
respect From the web:
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exaltation
English
Etymology
From French exaltation, from Latin exalt?ti? (“exaltation, elevation”), from exalt? (“raise, elevate, exalt”), from ex (“from, out of”) + altus (“high”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.?z?l.?te?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
exaltation (countable and uncountable, plural exaltations)
- The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
- The refinement or subtilization of a body, or the increasing of its virtue or principal property.
- (astrology) That placement of a planet in the zodiac in which it is deemed to exert its strongest influence.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- He often stood there in a muse until dusk fell, and then darkness, while once in a while the moon, ‘in her exaltation’ as the astrologers say, rose to remind him that such worldly musings meant nothing to the hostile universe without.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 483:
- (rare) The collective noun for larks.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 192:
- In a sense, the editorial cartoons were correct when they suggested that an exaltation of larks can fly under the influence into an aspect of vulturous behavior.
- 2005, Lucille Bellucci, Journey from Shanghai, iUniverse (2005), ?ISBN, page 83:
- “I'd like to think of my father being lifted to God in an exaltation of larks.”
- 2005, Linda Bird Francke, On the Road with Francis of Assisi: A Timeless Journey Through Umbria and Tuscany, and Beyond, Random House (2006), ?ISBN, page 232:
- It is said that an exaltation of larks, which had assembled on the roof of Francis's hut, suddenly—and inexplicably—took to the air just after sunset, wheeling and singing.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:exaltation.
- 1989, Ronald K. Siegel, Intoxication: The Universal Drive for Mind-Altering Substances, Park Street Press (2009), ?ISBN, page 192:
- (medicine, archaic) An abnormal sense of personal well-being, power, or importance, observed as a symptom in various forms of insanity.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin exalt?ti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
exaltation f (plural exaltations)
- exaltation
Related terms
- exalter
Further reading
- “exaltation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
exaltation From the web:
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