Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: respect – rest
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respect, v. [L. respicere to look (back) at, regard, consider.]
View; esteem; consider with reverence; hold in great honor; feel awe towards.
respectful, adj. [see respect, v.]
- Having a attitude of deference toward; marked or characterized by respect; in awe of; paying homage to.
- Acting appropriately for a situation of toward a person; doing the proper thing.
- Quiet; unobtrusive; not wanting to disturb.
respite (-s), n. [OFr respit < L. respect-us, respect.]
- Pause; temporary intermission, reprieve, or break from work or labor; interval of rest.
- Relief from the stresses of life; break; pause for thought; rest; vacation.
resplendent, adj. [L. resplendent-em, < resplendēre, to resplend.]
Glorious; very bright; shining with brilliant luster; with splendor and finery.
respond (-ed), v. [L. re-, again + spondēre, to pledge, promise, warrant.]
- To answer; to reply in words or actions; to communicate with.
- To react to a stimulus.
responsibility, n. [see responsible, adj.]
- Duty to be performed, or required routine.
- The state of being accountable or answerable, as for a trust or office, or for a debt.
responsible, adj. [Fr. < L. respondēre, respond.]
Accountable for something; as duties, or actions; answerable.
responsive, adj. [Fr. responsif or late L. responsīv-us.]
Answering; making reply; reacting to.
rest, n1. [OE ræst.] (webplay: battle, bed, cloud, day, dead, death, down, dust, God, hand, head, heart, heaven, home, hope, land, lay, left, lies, mind, music, native, obtained, others, peace, place, reading, remain, repose, reward, sea, sleep, stand, state, still, stop, thing, tranquil, truth, wait, work, years).
- Relaxation; repose; rejuvenation; cessation of activity.
- Stillness; calm; quiet; tranquility; peace of mind.
- Death; the repose of the grave.
- Phrase. “At rest”: Calm; peaceful; without motion; staying still.
- Phrase. “At rest”: Motionless in death.
- Phrase. “Put to rest”: Pacify; make calm; make still.
rest, n2. [Fr. reste.] (webplay: battle, cloud, day, dead, death, die, down, fear, glad, head, heart, Heaven, home, lay, lean, left, Lord, nature, others, quiet, place, promise, remain, retire, retires, satisfied, sleep, souls, state, still, stop, trust, wait, years).
- Others; members of a particular group who are different.
- Other similar or lesser things not mentioned.
- Remainder; balance; part that is left to be gone through.
- Other parts; remainder; balance.