ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

V. be exempt &c adj.. exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free,
set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license;
stretch a point; absolve &c (forgive) 918; exonerate &c (exculpate) 970; save the
necessity.
Adj. exempt, free, immune, at liberty, scot-free; released &c v.; unbound, unencumbered;
irresponsible, unaccountable, not answerable; excusable.
Phr. bonis nocet quisquis pepercerit malis [Lat.] [Syrus].
2. MORAL SENTIMENTS
928. Respect -- N. respect, regard, consideration; courtesy &c 894; attention, deference,
reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration; approbation &c 931.
homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration; obsequiousness &c 886;
salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute.
respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards.
devotion &c (piety) 987.
V. respect, regard; revere, reverence; hold in reverence, honor, venerate, hallow; esteem
&c (approve of) 931; think much of; entertain respect for, bear respect for; look up to,
defer to; have a high opinion of, hold a high opinion of; pay attention, pay respect &c n..
to; do honor to, render honor to; do the honors, hail; show courtesy &c 894; salute,
present arms; do homage to, pay homage to; pay tribute to, kneel to, bow to, bend the
knee to; fall down before, prostrate oneself, kiss the hem of one's garment; worship &c
990.
keep one's distance, make room, observe due decorum, stand upon ceremony.
command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle.
Adj. respecting &c v.; respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious,
ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees; prostrate &c (servile) 886.
respected &c v.; in high esteem, in high estimation; time-honored, venerable,
emeritus.
Adv. in deference to; with all respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the
highest respect; with submission.
saving your grace, saving your presence; salva sit reverentia [Lat.]; pace tanti nominis
[Lat.].
Int. hail!, all hail!, esto perpetua! [Lat.], may your shadow never be less!,
Phr. and pluck up drowned honor by the locks [Henry IV]; his honor rooted in dishonor
stood [Tennyson]; honor pricks me on [Henry IV].
929. Disrespect -- N. disrespect, disesteem, disestimation † ; disparagement &c (dispraise)
932, (detraction) 934.
irreverence; slight, neglect, spretae injuria formae [Lat.] [Vergil], superciliousness &c
(contempt) 930.
vilipendency † , vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage,
discourtesy &c 895; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation;
irrision † ; derision; mockery; irony &c (ridicule) 856; sarcasm.
hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek † , taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in
the face.