Respect \Re*spect"\, n. [L. respectus: cf. F. respect. See Respect, v., and cf. Respite.]

1. The act of noticing with attention; the giving particular consideration to; hence, care; caution.

But he it well did ward with wise respect. --Spenser.

2. Esteem; regard; consideration; honor.

Seen without awe, and served without respect. --Prior.

The same men treat the Lord's Day with as little respect. --R. Nelson.

3. pl. An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another.

4. Reputation; repute. [Obs.]

Many of the best respect in Rome. --Shak.

5. Relation; reference; regard.

They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. --Tillotson.

4. Particular; point regarded; point of view; as, in this respect; in any respect; in all respects.

Everything which is imperfect, as the world must be acknowledged in many respects. --Tillotson.

In one respect I'll be thy assistant. --Shak.

7. Consideration; motive; interest. [Obs.]

``Whatever secret respects were likely to move them.'' --Hooker.

To the publik good Private respects must yield. --Milton.

In respect, in comparison. [Obs.]

--Shak.

In respect of.
   (a) In comparison with. [Obs.]

--Shak.
   (b) As to; in regard to. [Archaic] ``Monsters in respect of their bodies.'' --Bp. Wilkins. ``In respect of these matters.'' --Jowett. (Thucyd.)

In, or With, respect to, in relation to; with regard to; as respects. --Tillotson.

To have respect of persons, to regard persons with partiality or undue bias, especially on account of friendship, power, wealth, etc. ``It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.'' --Prov. xxiv. 23.

Syn: Deference; attention; regard; consideration; estimation. See Deference.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)