No Matter How You Say It: Respect
Word Origin
The word Respect is from Old French respect and directly from Latin respects meaning “regard, a looking at,” literally “act of looking back (or often) at one.”
Can you see how Respect is regarding others?
Sign Language
Can you see how Respect is going toward another, and Disrespectful breaks that connection?
Respect Idioms
Bow down to someone
Defer to someone
Give someone the benefit of the doubt
Give someone their due
Have a high regard for someone
Have the utmost respect for someone
Hold someone in awe
Hold someone in high esteem
Kiss the ground someone walks on
Kiss the ring
Know your place
Kowtow
Live and let live
Look up to
Mind your manners
Respect privacy
Respect the law
Respect your elders
Take your hat off, Tip of the hat, Hats off to
Think before you speak
Think the World of
Treat someone like royalty
Treat someone with dignity
Treat someone with kid gloves
With all due respect
In Other Words
Honor
Deference
Esteem
Reverence
High Regard
Courtesy
Manners
