Definition of Respecting

1. prep. With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion.

Definition of Respecting

1. Verb. (present participle of respect) ¹

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Definition of Respecting

1. respect [v] - See also: respect

Lexicographical Neighbors of Respecting

respectabilized
respectabilizes
respectabilizing
respectable
respectableness
respectables
respectably
respected
respecter
respecter of persons
respecters
respectful
respectfully
respectfulness
respectfulnesses
respecting (current term)
respection
respective
respective(a)
respectively
respectiveness
respectless
respectlessness
respects
respectuous
respectworthy
respell
respelled
respeller
respellers

Literary usage of Respecting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1916)
"Exchange of notes respecting the terms of lease of. China-Japan. ... Notes exchanged respecting the sinking of the German cruiser Dresden in Chilean ..."

2. The Lancet (1842)
"Dick, Dr., ou phrenological jurisprudence, 48; on the opinions of phrenologists respecting phrenology, 196; on vegetable diet, 306; note from, 349. ..."

3. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED COLONIES respecting " A DECLARATION OF ... Resolved, That the resolutions respecting independency be referred to B ..."

4. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William L. Hickey, United States (1847)
"PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED COLONIES respecting "A DECLARATION OF ... Resolved, That the resolutions respecting independency be referred to a ..."

5. The Constitution of the United States of America: With an Alphabetical by William Hickey, United States (1853)
"PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED COLONIES respecting "A DECLARATION OF ... Resolved, That the resolutions respecting independency be referred to a ..."

6. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"In this bestowal the respecting of persons has no place, because without injustice ... 7s there room for the respecting of persons in the dispensation of ..."

7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1909)
"Correspondence respecting the demands made upon the Greek Government. ... Correspondence respecting the mixed Commission appointed to investigate the claims ..."

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