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Respect

To take notice of; to regard with special attention; to regard as worthy of special consideration; hence, to care for; to heed.

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Broader term 20

Accept 76% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

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Affection 76% connected

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

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Affectionateness 76% connected

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

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Attitude 76% connected

The posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue.

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

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Courtesy 76% connected

Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.

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Detail 76% connected

A minute portion; one of the small parts; a particular; an item; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the details of a scheme or transaction.

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Fondness 76% connected

The quality or state of being fond; foolishness.

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Heart 76% connected

A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood.

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Honor 76% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

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Honour 76% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

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Item 76% connected

Also; as an additional article.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Politeness 76% connected

High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Tenderness 76% connected

The quality or state of being tender (in any sense of the adjective).

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Warmness 76% connected

Warmth.

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Manner of action 8

Admire 76% connected

To regard with wonder or astonishment; to view with surprise; to marvel at.

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Celebrate 76% connected

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

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Lionize 76% connected

To treat or regard as a lion or object of great interest.

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Revere 76% connected

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

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Reverence 76% connected

Profound respect and esteem mingled with fear and affection, as for a holy being or place; the disposition to revere; veneration.

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Tolerate 76% connected

To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with;…

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Venerate 76% connected

To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

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Narrower term 6

Court 76% connected

An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street a…

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Estimate 76% connected

To judge and form an opinion of the value of, from imperfect data, -- either the extrinsic (money), or intrinsic (moral), value; to fix the worth of…

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Estimation 76% connected

The act of estimating.

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Homage 76% connected

A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by success…

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Props 76% connected

A game of chance, in which four sea shells, each called a prop, are used instead of dice.

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Stature 76% connected

The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.

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Derivationally related 8

Esteem 74% connected

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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Esteem 74% connected

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

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Observe 74% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Observe 74% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Prize 74% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

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Regard 74% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Regard 74% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

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Synonym 10

Deference 92% connected

A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Esteem 92% connected

To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Honor 92% connected

Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Honour 92% connected

a woman's virtue or chastity

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Obedience 92% connected

The act of obeying, or the state of being obedient; compliance with that which is required by authority; subjection to rightful restraint or control.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Observe 92% connected

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prise 92% connected

An enterprise.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prize 92% connected

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Regard 92% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Value 92% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

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Antonym 2

Disrespect 94% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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Disrespect 94% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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