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Recent Examples of respectfulness
People considered other traits – such as loyalty, reliability, respectfulness and being there in times of need – to be much more important.
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Athena Aktipis, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Athena Aktipis, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respectfulness
Noun
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White supremacy is constructed and maintained by Black service work and by the extraction of a social performance of deference.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Though the recent firings have come under legal scrutiny, and will likely remain paused for the foreseeable future, the Supreme Court has given broad deference to Trump over federal hiring so far in his second term.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Such a university rooted in the classics will also undoubtedly cultivate a culture of integrity and humility not only among those being educated, but among the educators and the administrators as well.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Looking around at her fellow honorees, LaBelle’s humility came through.—
Essence,
Essence,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Killers of the Flower Moon, his Ernest Burkhart starts off as a mopey, weak-minded World War One veteran, eager to do anything for his godfather uncle (Robert De Niro), but there’s still a certain likability to his dim-bulb submissiveness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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May the Spirit of God, who is truth and strength, and instils meekness and courage, sustain you.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
9 Oct. 2025
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Most Canadians want uncomplicated lives, a desire for calm that can be misinterpreted by louder people as meekness.—
Chris Jones,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Bush declined to do so out of modesty, an increasingly rare trait in today’s Washington.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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What is especially striking is the contrast between the relative modesty of what is shown and the scenes of María Ángeles recounting her experiences, with great relish, to her childhood friend Joséfa (María Áfonsa Rosso), now a nun in a silent order.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Respectfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respectfulness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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