Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-SPECT', n. [L. respectus; Fr. respect.]

1. Regard; attention. – Shak.
2. That estimation or honor in which men hold the distinguished worth or substantial good qualities of others. It expresses less than reverence and veneration, which regard elders and superiors; whereas respect may regard juniors and inferiors. Respect regards the qualities of the mind, or the actions which characterize those qualities. Seen without awe, and serv'd without respect. – Prior.
3. That deportment or course of action which proceeds from esteem; regard; due attention; as, to treat a person with respect. These same men treat the sabbath with little respect. – Nelson.
4. Good will; favor. The Lord had respect to Abel and his offering. – Gen. iv.
5. Partial regard; undue bias to the prejudice of justice; as the phrase, respect of persons. – 1 Pet. i. James ii. Prov. xxiv.
6. Respected character; as, persons of the best respect in Rome. – Shak.
7. Consideration; motive in reference to something. Whatever secret respects were likely to move them … – Hooker.
8. Relation; regard; reference; followed by of, but more properly by to. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the benefits men received from him, had several titles. – Tillotson.