Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Disrespect; want of respect or reverence; disesteem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Disrespect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
Want ,lack , orabsence ofrespect orreverence ;disrespect ;disesteem .
Etymologies
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From un- + respect.
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Examples
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Often and often, in gloomy breedings over his supposed disgrace, he had fiercely asserted to himself that _he_ was free from stain, and the unrespect in which he stood was an injustice to be bravely defied.
The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor 1851
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