Word Meanings - RESPECTUOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. Boyle. 2. Respectable. Knolles.

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RESPECTUOUS
1. Respectful; as, a respectuous silence. Boyle. 2. Respectable. Knolles.
RESPECTFUL
Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. With humble joi and with respectful fear. Prior. -- Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*spect"ful*ness, n.
SILENCER
The muffler of an internal-combustion engine. Any of various devices to silence the humming noise of telegraph wires. A device for silencing the report of a firearm shooting its projectiles singly, as a tubular attachment for the muzzle having
RESPECTABLE
1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." J. H. Newman. No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected,
SILENCE
1. The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness. I saw and heared; for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep. Milton. 2. Forbearance from, or absence of, speech; taciturnity; muteness.
DISRESPECTABLE
Not respectable; disreputable. M. Arnold.
DISRESPECTFUL
Wanting in respect; manifesting disesteem or lack of respect; uncivil; as, disrespectful behavior. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis`re*spect"ful*ness, n.