Reverence vs Respection - What's the difference?
reverence | respection |
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
* Goldsmith
The state of being revered.
* Francis Bacon
A form of address for some members of the clergy.
That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
* Shakespeare
To show reverence.
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(obsolete) respect; regard
As nouns the difference between reverence and respection
is that reverence is reverence (deep respect) while respection is (obsolete) respect; regard.reverence
English
Noun
- Make twenty reverences upon receiving about twopence.
- When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.
- your reverence
- I am forced to lay my reverence by.
Verb
respection
English
Noun
(-)- Without difference or respection of persons. — Tyndale.