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In respect whereof they are much used in the fannes of Gentlewomen. Coryat, Crudities, I. 40, sig. E. They should depre their guns and fire down into the hold, in respect of the ve el attacked standing so high out of the water. (c) In point of; in regard to. De Quincey. If in respect of speculation all men are either Platonists or Aristo tel i ans, in respect of taste all men are either Greek or German. J. A. Symonds , Italy and Greece, p. 301. =Syn. 4. Estimate , Estimation , etc. See esteem . respectability (re-spek-ta-bil'i-ti), n.; pl. re spectabilities (-tiz). [= F. respectabilité = Sp. respetabilidad = Pg. respeitabilidade ; as respec table + -ity (see- bility ).] 1. The state or character of being respectable; the condition or qualities which deserve or command respect. A gold-headed cane, of rare oriental wood, added materially to the high respectability of his aspect. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, viii. 2. A respectable person or thing; a specimen or type of what is respectable.