respectful
adjective
re·spect·ful
ri-ˈspekt-fəl 
: marked by or showing respect or deference
respectfulness
noun
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the children were remarkably respectful while in the president's office
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And there may come a time for a respectful adult child to take control over many matters in a parent’s life so as to preserve that life.
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But just being in a respectful environment, usually the response is good.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2025
He is described as having immense kindness and compassion, being very intuitive, very polite and exceptionally respectful of others.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Errors like these in TV depictions reduce autopsies to ghoulish spectacles, when the procedure is in fact a respectful and uniquely useful tool for understanding how a person lived and died.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But just being in a respectful environment, usually the response is good.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 24 Mar. 2025
He is described as having immense kindness and compassion, being very intuitive, very polite and exceptionally respectful of others.
—Mare Staff, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2025
Errors like these in TV depictions reduce autopsies to ghoulish spectacles, when the procedure is in fact a respectful and uniquely useful tool for understanding how a person lived and died.
—Samuel Ashworth, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for respectful
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“Respectful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/respectful. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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respectful
adjective
re·spect·ful
ri-ˈspekt-fəl
: marked by or showing respect
a respectful manner
respectful of others
respectfulness
noun
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