respecting

8 definitions • 13 examples

present participle of

to feel or show admiration for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities:

I deeply respect David for what he has achieved.

to be proud of your own qualities or achievements:

If you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?

I like to think I've raised my daughter to respect herself.

I just knew that if I didn't take a stand and say something, I'd never be able to respect myself.

He has a sense of his own worth - he respects himself.

The whole experience has taught me to respect myself.

to treat something or someone with kindness and care:

to respect someone's feelings

We should respect the environment and not pollute it.

to accept the importance of someone's rights or customs and to do nothing that would harm them or cause offence:

The agreement will respect the rights of both nations.

I would appreciate it if you would respect my privacy.

to accept that something is right or important and not to attempt to change it or harm it:

The president pledged to respect the existing frontiers between the two countries.

to think that it is important to obey a law or rule:

I was always taught to respect the law.

to do what someone has asked to have done:

respect someone's last wishes His children respected his last wishes and held a simple funeral for him.