respect

Everyday

1. Respect is a feeling that someone or something is important and should be treated well. tree →
2. To respect someone is to treat them politely and fairly and value their feelings and choices. tree →
3. To respect a rule or a place is to follow it or take care of it. tree →
4. «In this respect» means in this way or detail. tree →

In the lessons

In school and everyday life, respect means listening when others speak, using kind words, not touching others' things without asking, and accepting differences. Respect for nature: leave no litter, do not harm wildlife. Respect for your body and others' bodies: say no, and accept no. Phrases: «show respect», «treat with respect», «earn respect», «with respect», «pay your respects» (visit or honour someone, often after a death).

Examples

• Treat everyone with respect. tree →
• We respect each other's opinions. tree →
• Respect the rules of the pool. tree →
• She earned the team's respect. tree →
• Respect people who are different from you. tree →
• Respect nature: take your litter home. tree →
• Respect someone's «no». tree →
• The boy listened with respect to the old man's story. tree →
• She felt such respect for what he knew! tree →

Note

Uncountable as a feeling. Adjectives: «respectful» (showing respect), «respectable» (decent), «respected» (admired). Do not confuse «respectfully» and «respectively» (in that order).

In Jewish tradition

In the Torah, God "having respect" to someone means He looks on them with favor and accepts them.

Interpretation. Tradition reads that God accepted Abel's offering and not Cain's because of the hearts of the givers.

Examples

• And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering; (Torah GEN.4.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. (Torah GEN.4.5, JPS 1917) tree →
• And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you; and will establish My covenant with you. (Torah LEV.26.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. (Writings PRO.24.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. (Writings PSA.119.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? (Writings PSA.82.2, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable as a feeling. Adjectives: «respectful» (showing respect), «respectable» (decent), «respected» (admired). Do not confuse «respectfully» and «respectively» (in that order).