respecting

Speech parts

1. respecting - Verb

2. respecting - Preposition

Meaning

of Respect

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

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Examples

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B. White

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln

You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count. A. A. Milne

However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself. Antonin Artaud

The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data. Charles Babbage

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