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"he paid his respects to the mayor"noun(often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteemtype of:
Definition that contains respects
- admirer a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves
- correspondent similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- idyllic excellent and delightful in all respects
- politeness a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- analogy an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
- ammonium the ion NH4 derived from ammonia; behaves in many respects like an alkali metal ion
- niceness a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
- analogous similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
- plenary full in all respects
- fossa largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets