Definition of Respects

1. Noun. (often used with 'pay') a formal expression of esteem. "He paid his respects to the mayor"


Definition of Respects

1. Noun. (plural of respect) ¹

2. Noun. ''(often with "last" or "final"):'' regards or respect expressed for a deceased person, usually at the same time as offering condolences to other mourners. ¹

3. Verb. (third-person singular of respect) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Respects

1. respect [v] - See also: respect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Respects

respecter
respecter of persons
respecters
respectful
respectfully
respectfulness
respectfulnesses
respecting
respection
respective
respective(a)
respectively
respectiveness
respectless
respectlessness
respects (current term)
respectuous
respectworthy
respell
respelled
respeller
respellers
respelling
respellings
respells
respelt
respend
respent
respersion
respersions

Literary usage of Respects

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1900)
"IN WHAT respects THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION 1s SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE STATES In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of the ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"iy WHAT respects THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE STATES. In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of the ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1838)
"IN WHAT respects THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE STATES. In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of the ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"FN WHAT respects THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE STATES. In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of ths ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1841)
"IN WHAT respects THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS SUPERIOR TO THAT OF THE STATES. In what respects the Constitution of the Union can be compared to that of the ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In most respects it presents a good view of the subject, ... In these latter respects the book bears too evident marks of hasty preparation. ..."

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