Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Respect \Re*spect"\, n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See
{Respect}, v., and cf. {Respite}.]
1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular
consideration to; hence, care; caution.
But he it well did ward with wise respect.
--Spenser.
2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.
Seen without awe, and served without respect.
--Prior.
The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little
respect. --R. Nelson.
3. pl. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to
send one's respects to another.
4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]
Many of the best respect in Rome. --Shak.
5. Relation; reference; regard.
They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with
respect to the various benefits men received from
him, had several titles. --Tillotson.
4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this
respect; in any respect; in all respects.
Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be
acknowledged in many respects. --Tillotson.
In one respect I'll be thy assistant. --Shak.
7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.] ``Whatever secret
respects were likely to move them.'' --Hooker.
To the publik good Private respects must yield.
--Milton.
{In respect}, in comparison. [Obs.] --Shak.
{In respect of}.
(a) In comparison with. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] ``Monsters in respect
of their bodies.'' --Bp. Wilkins. ``In respect of
these matters.'' --Jowett. (Thucyd.)
{In, or With}, {respect to}, in relation to; with regard to;
as respects. --Tillotson.
{To have respect of persons}, to regard persons with
partiality or undue bias, especially on account of
friendship, power, wealth, etc. ``It is not good to have
respect of persons in judgment.'' --Prov. xxiv. 23.
Syn: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation.
See {Deference}.