respects
- noun
- /rɪˈspɛkts/
- Formal
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respeto
- Many people came to the funeral to pay their respects to the deceased.
They came in a showing of respect to him and to the country.
- They came in a showing of respect to him and to the country.
- But I pledge my respect for Alfredo, man.
- And the, the question is, how do you pay respect to the past without being trapped?
- I think, like, it's just a proper cover, that paying respect to the woman.
- Honor is, you know, sort of a public show of respect.
- But I first want to pay respect.
- But you know, major respect to everybody during that era.
- And this is a respects to Taylor and his love a little bit.
- We've got an upgrade hold X to pay respects.
- I might put that out of respect.
Examples
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You have devotees who are paying their respects to the the Buddha's symbols here.
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He wanted to pay his respects to Michael.
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What do you think about him showing off his house before paying respects to to X?
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Like he's going to pay his respects to his friend.
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All right, so full props and respects his wife right now.
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So you know, we got to pay, pay our respects, tongues out.
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OK, paid respects to the planks.
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So with a heavy heart and the gravest of respects, I say yar.
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Thank you for joining us today to pay our final respects to Robo Raptor Minnie.
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During their visit, they took a moment to pay their respects at the memorial.
Synonyms
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4.5
Words or actions that show respect and praise
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1.0
A polite message that gives your good wishes to someone
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6.8
Public respect shown to someone or something in a formal ceremony
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6.0
A bow or action that shows deep respect to someone
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
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3.8
An act of saying goodbye to someone who has died, usually at their funeral
How Respectful
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Etymology
The word respects comes from an old Latin verb made of re- and specere, which meant 'to look back'. The same root appears in inspect ('to look at'), so to pay your respects is to show you notice and honour someone.