Respect is a feeling of admiration for someone because of their qualities, achievements, or position, and the behavior that shows this feeling. To respect someone is to treat them with care, value, and consideration.
From Latin *respectus* 'regard, consideration', from *respicere* 'to look back at, regard', from *re-* 'back' + *specere* 'to look'. The word grew from the idea of 'looking carefully at' someone.
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