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[ri-spekt-fuhl]

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adjective

full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.

Origin:
1590–1600; respect + -ful

Related forms

re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

re·spect·ful·ness, noun

qua·si-re·spect·ful, adjective

qua·si-re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

un·re·spect·ful, adjective

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un·re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

un·re·spect·ful·ness, noun

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Synonyms
courteous, polite, decorous, civil, deferential.

Antonyms
discourteous, disrespectful.

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Example Sentences

My parents raised me to be kind and respectful to others.

Students know that they need to be respectful and cooperative or they will lose points.

Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.

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My parents raised me to be kind and respectful to others.

Students know that they need to be respectful and cooperative or they will lose points.

Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.

We remain committed to constant improvement and transparency in the service of sound, respectful science.

Do yourself a favor and try not to waste time with individuals who have no interest in a rational, objective, respectful argument.

Or alternatively, smaller males withdraw to a respectful distance and dig tunnels of their own.

The resulting changes remain respectful to the design of the original home.

While respectful of other hackers, he doesn't hesitate to use them to further his ends.

Because he is so respectful of everyone, of the little guys, the guys you don't hear about.

It seems fairly respectful and is accurate: each has their own extent of teaching and own terms of employment.

Our philosophy is that vigorous and respectful adventure travel can help sustain and repair a region.

If you design video games for example, you may call yourself a programmer or computer engineer to sound more respectful.

His writing was clear, his tone respectful and friendly.

They completed a comprehensive and respectful makeover in four months on a limited budget.

If the photos are tasteful and the women are being respectful of other viewers that is fine.

It also makes them reward the respectful young sons who will succeed them and make them proud.

There are signs to remind you to be respectful and not take photographs, but they sell them.

Our only goal is to create a space for a respectful dialogue about the subject of suicide.

Greenfield's latest book is much more respectful and sedate.

Smith keeps a healthy distance, respectful but willing to push in his own directions.

Be respectful of local cultures and ecologies when traveling.

The film builds something new in my mind, simple but respectful.

We spent a total of seven days on the mountain, approaching at a respectful pace so as to facilitate acclimatization.

They have led me to be more tolerant and respectful of different religions and also to try to take the best from them.

Lindblad's philosophy is that vigorous and respectful adventure travel can help sustain and repair a region.

Students are respectful of the teacher but don't ask a lot of questions.

So you have to be respectful and appreciate everyone involved.

Lucknow is known for its respectful and poetic language.

He seems on the whole to tend to the more respectful view.

My friend reports that the faculty senate is strong and is mutually respectful with the administration.

It's so much more respectful of the other person than a transparently fake call.

The frantic waving by a couple of respectful opponents could have been the body-language eulogy for a star's career.

If you separate the two, it's possible to carry on discussions in a constructive, respectful manner.

Most of the time, people are respectful to the seals and leave them alone.

We deserve a fair and respectful hearing, but did not receive one.

Instead, she will point out that your students will always be less attentive and respectful than you were at their age.

To prevent the corteges from colliding and to keep maintenance work at a respectful distance from graveside.

People forming into a protective barrier, getting prepared for a respectful engagement that is presumably imminent.

No one disagrees that victims of crime deserve sympathy and respectful treatment.

But to all appearances this is a perfectly innocent and respectful frisking.

People accept the idea that certain machines have a claim to intelligence and thus to their respectful attention.

It is a respectful adaptation that stays true to the essentials without being bound by the approved methods.

The dance itself was a respectful and sensitive enough.

Some former colleagues of mine spoke in respectful tones of someone else in the department who published there.

But cats only follow instructions if you've been particularly kind and respectful to them.

Actually, they were all quite civil, and even respectful.

And my tone has been respectful throughout, in spite of your ill-informed posts.

We also are more polite and respectful of our elders.

Expecting/encouraging the respectful expression of different viewpoints on important issues is important to.

My neighbors are friendly but respectful of privacy.

It's not the job of satire to be respectful of the object it's satirizing.

Such language is unacceptable when respectful debate should be involved.

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World English Dictionary

respectful (rɪˈspɛktfʊl)

—*adj*
	full of, showing, or giving respect

re'spectfully

—*adv*

re'spectfulness

—n

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