Synonym: abide by
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) respect | (I) respected |
| (thou) respectest | (thou) respectedst |
| (he) respects, respecteth | (he) respected |
| (we) respect | (we) respected |
| (you) respect | (you) respected |
| (they) respect | (they) respected |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) respect | (I) respected |
| (thou) respect | (thou) respected |
| (he) respect | (he) respected |
| (we) respect | (we) respected |
| (you) respect | (you) respected |
| (they) respect | (they) respected |
| Imperative mood | |
| respect | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| respecting | respected |
| Afrikaans | eerbiedig |
|---|---|
| Catalan | respectar |
| Czech | respektovat |
| Danish | have respekt; have respekt for; respektere |
| Dutch | eerbiedigen; respecteren |
| Esperanto | respekti |
| Finnish | kunnioittaa |
| French | respecter |
| German | respektieren |
| Icelandic | bera virðingu fyrir; virða |
| Italian | rispettare |
| Norwegian | ha respekt for; respektere |
| Papiamento | respetá |
| Portuguese | respeitar |
| Saterland Frisian | Oachtenge bewiese; respektierje |
| Spanish | respetar |
| Sranan | lespeki |
| Swedish | ha respekt för; respektera |
| Thai | ทูน; เลื่อม |