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Our men fought so that people could say and think what they like but I myself always treat military men with great respect -- respect which in my view is simply their due.

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  1. transitive verb To feel or show deferential regard for; esteem.
  2. transitive verb To avoid violation of or interference with: respect the speed limit.
  3. transitive verb To relate or refer to; concern.
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  • Our men fought so that people could say and think what they like but I myself always treat military men with great respect -- respect which in my view is simply their due. —  GUN WATCH
  • This respect is also to be extended to other women outside our family units. —  CTV News RSS Feed
  • The Russian leader went on to say that "one of the key aspects in this respect is the search for best solutions for such urgent problems as the prices for food and energy resources, the climate change." —  Home
  • The existing backlog in this respect should be accounted for in future research. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Most visible in this respect is the battle over the forthcoming switch to digital television. —  Center for American Progress
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regard ·  affection ·  sense ·  admiration ·  consideration ·  love ·  dignity ·  desire ·  matter

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respect:   respects ·  respecting ·  respected
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  1. From Middle English, regard, from Old French, from Latin respectus, from past participle of respicere, to look back at, regard : re-, re- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =Old French respecter, look back, respect, delay (also respiter, delay: see respite), French respecter =Spanish respetar, respectar =Portuguese respeitar =Italian rispettare, from Latin respectare, look back or behind, look intently, regard, respect, freq. of respicere, past participle respectus, look at, look back upon, respect, from re-, back, + specere, look at, see, spy: see spectacle, spy. Doublet of respite, v.
  2. =G. respect =D. Swedish Danish respekt, from Old French respect, also respit (see respite), F, respect =Provencal respieg, respiech, respieit, respeit =Catalan respecte =Spanish respecto =Portuguese respeito =Italian rispetto, from Latin respectus, a looking at, respect, regard, from respicere, past participle respectus, look at, look back upon: see respect, v. Doublet of respite, n.
 

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