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deserving
     1. adj. worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
           the deserving poor
     2. adj. meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
     3. n. desert, merit
     4. v. present participle of deserve
     deserve
          1. v. To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
                After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
                After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
                This argument deserves a closer examination.
          2. v. (obsolete) To earn, win.
          3. v. (obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
          4. v. (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
honour
     1. n. (British, Canadian, Commonwealth, Ireland) standard spelling of honor
     2. v. (British, Canadian, Commonwealth, Ireland) standard spelling of honor
     3. interj. (British, Canadian, Commonwealth, Ireland) standard spelling of honor
respect
     1. n. an attitude of consideration or high regard
           He is an intellectual giant, and I have great respect for him.
           we do respect people for their dignity and worth.
     2. n. good opinion, honor, or admiration
     3. n. (always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
           The mourners paid their last respects to the deceased poet.
     4. n. a particular aspect, feature or detail of something
           This year's model is superior to last year's in several respects.
     5. n. Good will; favor
     6. v. To have respect for.
           She is an intellectual giant, and I respect her greatly.
     7. v. To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
           I respect your right to hold that belief, although I think it is nonsense.
     8. v. To abide by an agreement.
           They failed to respect the treaty they had signed, and invaded.
     9. v. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
     10. v. (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
     11. v. (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
     12. v. (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
     13. interj. (Jamaica) hello, hi
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
admiration
     1. n. A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
           admiration of a war hero
           They looked at the landscape in admiration.
     2. n. (obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
     3. n. (obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
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