Respectfulness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

courteous regard for people's feelings

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻspˈɛktfəlnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪspˈɛktfəlnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪspˈɛktfəlnəs/

4 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻspˈɛktfəlnəs/.

Examples

in deference to your wishes
out of respect for his privacy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

respect deference

Parts of Speech

noun	courteous regard for people's feelings “in deference to your wishes”

Word Forms

deferential	adjective	showing deference
deferent	adjective	showing deference
defer	verb	yield to another's wish or opinion
respect	verb	show respect towards
respectful	adjective	feeling or manifesting veneration

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Respekt

höfliche Rücksichtnahme auf die Gefühle anderer

🇫🇷French

respect

respect courtois pour les sentiments des gens

🇪🇸Spanish

respetuosidad

respeto cortés por los sentimientos de las personas

🇮🇹Italian

rispetto

rispetto cortese per i sentimenti delle persone

🇳🇱Dutch

respect

hoffelijke aandacht voor de gevoelens van mensen

🇵🇹Portuguese

respeito

consideração cortês pelos sentimentos das pessoas

🇷🇺Russian

почтительность

вежливое уважение к чувствам людей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मान्यता

लोगों की भावनाओं का विनम्र सम्मान

🇧🇩Bengali

শ্রদ্ধা

মানুষের অনুভূতির প্রতি বিনয়ী শ্রদ্ধা

🇮🇳Tamil

மரியாதை

மக்களின் உணர்வுகளுக்கு மரியாதையான மரியாதை

🇮🇳Telugu

గౌరవం

ప్రజల మనోభావాలకు మర్యాదపూర్వకమైన గౌరవం

🇮🇳Marathi

आदर

लोकांच्या भावनांचा विनम्र आदर

🇮🇳Gujarati

આદર

લોકોની લાગણીઓ માટે નમ્ર આદર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತತೆ

ಜನರ ಭಾವನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಗೌರವಯುತವಾದ ಗೌರವ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബഹുമാനം

ആളുകളുടെ വികാരങ്ങളോട് മാന്യമായ ബഹുമാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਤਿਕਾਰ

ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

احترام

لوگوں کے جذبات کا احترام

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

尊重

礼貌地尊重人们的感受

🇯🇵Japanese

敬意

人の気持ちに対する丁寧な配慮

🇰🇷Korean

존중

사람들의 감정에 대한 예의바른 배려

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tôn trọng

lịch sự quan tâm đến cảm xúc của mọi người

🇹🇭Thai

ความเคารพ

เคารพความรู้สึกของผู้คนอย่างสุภาพ

🇮🇩Indonesian

kehormatan

sopan santun terhadap perasaan orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

paggalang

magalang na paggalang sa damdamin ng mga tao

🇲🇾Malay

rasa hormat

menghormati perasaan orang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الاحترام

مراعاة اللباقة لمشاعر الناس

🇮🇷Persian

احترام گذاشتن

توجه مودبانه به احساسات مردم

🇹🇷Turkish

saygılılık

insanların duygularına nazik saygı

🇮🇱Hebrew

כבוד

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The primary meaning of 'respectfulness' is 'courteous regard for people's feelings'.

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