Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Disrespect; want of respect or reverence; disesteem.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Disrespect.

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  • noun obsolete Want, lack, or absence of respect or reverence; disrespect; disesteem.

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ respect.

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Examples

  • Often and often, in gloomy breedings over his supposed disgrace, he had fiercely asserted to himself that _he_ was free from stain, and the unrespect in which he stood was an injustice to be bravely defied.

    The Story of Kennett Bayard Taylor 1851

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