Definition of "disrespect" []

• Lack of respect, esteem, or courteous regard. (noun)
• To show a lack of respect for: disrespected her elders; disrespected the law. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He's angry with me for what he calls my disrespect, and also for misusing the word "ubiquitous.""
• "He himself was not guiltless of that irreverence which he defined as disrespect for another man's god."
• "In Soviet Russian culture, the sign of disrespect is communicated by removing your shoe, pounding it upon your desk."