To have respect for.
Used in a Sentence
respecting
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for respecting.
Editorial note
It's a very fine line between not respecting authority and not respecting a person.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
To have respect for.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of respecting gathered in one view.
To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
To abide by an agreement.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for respecting.
verb
To have respect for.
verb
To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
verb
To abide by an agreement.
verb
To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
Example sentences
It's a very fine line between not respecting authority and not respecting a person.
User-centric and privacy-respecting business models are impossible if the product is free.
The front-end is responsible for respecting the target ABI for example.
After all, AIs might become the Kalashnikov's of the future: every self-respecting warlord has a gold-plated one.
Not respecting lines, general littering, lack of attention to personal space (bumped by everyone, all the time).
Of course for tracker-blocker add ons nothing should change since a DNT respecting site shouldn't fall foul of a tracker block.
> User-centric and privacy-respecting business models are impossible if the product is free.
Note that it should not take many bits to profile us in a way that is useful, while still respecting our privacy.
A B&B in Rome, where the host had elegantly decorated our room, provided fresh flowers each day all whilst respecting our privacy.
One thing that helped with my dad was respecting his reliance on muscle memory.
What specific expertise do you have with what self-respecting third world intellectuals want?
Hopefully someone would come up with a better user-respecting user agent by then.
Quote examples
The irony of promoting a "Privacy-Respecting Laptop" with a website that uses Google Analytics...
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" marriage is a religious institution, seems pretty clear.
Journalists don't need to obey a TOS (at least in the US where it is specifically protected in the constitution "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;"), watch the news sometime they don't get consent forms for all the people walking by in man on the streets segments.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use respecting in a sentence?
It's a very fine line between not respecting authority and not respecting a person.
What does respecting mean?
To have respect for.
What part of speech is respecting?
respecting is commonly used as verb.