RESPECTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respected mean? 

• RESPECTED (adjective)
  The adjective RESPECTED has 1 sense:

1. receiving deferential regard

  Familiarity information: RESPECTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPECTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Receiving deferential regard

Synonyms:

respected; well-thought-of

Context example:

a respected family

Similar:

reputable (having a good reputation)

 Context examples 

He should have respected even unreasonable scruples, had there been such; but hers were all reasonable.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

You would have been less amiable in my eyes had there not been this little unwillingness; but allow me to assure you, that I have your respected mother's permission for this address.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

It was mine too, and I highly respected Miss Mowcher for it.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I acknowledge that her situation and her character ought to have been respected by me.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

For this, likewise, he respected his mother.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"I'd take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn't be loved," said Amy, with the decision of one who knew nothing about it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Let me see; you have given me your promise that my confidence will be respected?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Opinion of respected authorities based on clinical experience, descriptive studies, or reports of expert committees.

(Level of Evidence V, NCI Thesaurus)

You have only to do this, to show a regard for your word, and to keep out of debt in order to insure a happy and respected life.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All the crew respected and even obeyed him.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)