Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Lack of respect, esteem, or courteous regard.
  • transitive verb To show a lack of respect for.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To have or show no respect for; hold in disesteem.
  • noun Want of respect or reverence; manifestation of disesteem; incivility.
  • noun Synonyms Discourtesy, impoliteness, slight, neglect.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.
  • transitive verb To show disrespect to.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
  • verb transitive To show a lack of respect to someone or something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
  • noun a disrespectful mental attitude
  • verb show a lack of respect for
  • verb have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
  • noun an expression of lack of respect

Etymologies

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dis- +‎ respect

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