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respect to

n. (usually preceded by `with') relation of delimitation; "he inquired with respect to the address" [syn: reference to, regard to, relation to]

Usage examples of "respect to".

But the mead hall showed respect to Drizzt Do'Urden that day, a testament to the drow's battle prowess.

She had insisted, that to shew all respect to the Sage, she would give up her own bed-chamber to him, and take a worse.

And either you do not know what you are talking about in respect to relative danger or you have not heard of the latest Tosevite outrage, word of which just reached me.

Emotionally he remains a boy, not only with respect to his mother but with respect to everything else.

And with respect to this grim task of procuring sacrificial victims for the furtherance of life, we have as an extreme example the ancient Aztec civilization, where it was supposed that unless human sacrifices were continually immolated on the numerous altars the sun itself would cease to move, time stop, and the universe fall apart.

This increased the relative speed of Duncan's knife with respect to Leto's shield, and the blade skittered off the buzzing protective wall.

If Captain Smith does not trust me with respect to my behaviour toward other people -‘.

In all seventeen computer simulations I performed, the results were virtually identical, varying only with respect to the rate at which the phylocite began to bond with the other elements comprising Ijuuka’.