Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-RE-SPECT'
DIS-RE-SPECT', n. [dis and respect.]
- Want of respect or reverence; disesteem. Disrespect often leads a man to treat another with neglect or a degree of contempt.
- As an act, incivility; irreverence; rudeness.
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