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ESLBeginner Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Out of respect
Hello, I'm reading that "out of respect" means "because sb. is respected"; for example, in a sentence like "(they are doing this to me,) it is out of respect".
Is this true?
Thank you in advance
Is this true?
Thank you in advance
Top answer
Yes.
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"out of something" is used to show the reason why sth is done. For example :
"I asked out of curiosity."
"She did it out of spite."
Therefore "doing something to somebody out of respect" means to do something because of the respect one has for the person in question.
"I asked out of curiosity."
"She did it out of spite."
Therefore "doing something to somebody out of respect" means to do something because of the respect one has for the person in question.
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