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RESPECTFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does respectfulness mean?
• RESPECTFULNESS (noun)
The noun RESPECTFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. courteous regard for people's feelings
Familiarity information: RESPECTFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Courteous regard for people's feelings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
deference; respect; respectfulness
Context example:
out of respect for his privacy
Hypernyms ("respectfulness" is a kind of...):
courtesy; good manners (a courteous manner)
Derivation:
respectful (full of or exhibiting respect)
respectful (feeling or manifesting veneration)
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"He who takes no chances wins nothing." (Danish proverb)