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respectfulness

respectfulness noun: the characteristic of being respectful.

Noun

respectfulness (countable and uncountable, plural respectfulnesses)

  1. The characteristic of being respectful.

Forms of respectfulness

pluralrespectfulnesses

Origin of respectfulness

From respectful + -ness.

Questions about respectfulness

What does respectfulness mean?
Respectfulness means the characteristic of being respectful.
What part of speech is respectfulness?
Respectfulness is a noun.
What is the plural of respectfulness?
The plural of respectfulness is respectfulnesses.

Words near respectfulness in the dictionary

  1. respecter of persons
  2. respecters
  3. respecters of persons
  4. respectful
  5. respectfully
  6. respectfulness
  7. respectfulnesses
  8. respecting
  9. respection
  10. respective
  11. respectively

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