Unrespect

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lack or absence of respect, reverence, or courteous behaviour; disrespect; disesteem. uncountable

    "Passionate with rains and sunshine, and, unheard, Have audience of your voices, but as one Who in a temple passes unrespect Between the kneeling suppliant and the saint, Meeting the uplifted face and the rapt eyes That look beyond?"

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disrespectdisrespect

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"Passionate with rains and sunshine, and, unheard, Have audience of your voices, but as one Who in a temple passes unrespect Between the kneeling suppliant and the saint, Meeting the uplifted face and the rapt eyes That look beyond?"

Etymology

From un- + respect.

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