1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Job (new ed.) cxix. 614/2 Let vs marke that such anger muste bee without respecting of persones.

1614 J. Andrewes Christ his Crosse i. 37 The applying of these..without doubting, without respect of persons, without particularity, without any respecting of those that do beleeue.

1658 W. Caton Moderate Enquirer Resolved 52 Their God,..in whom they honor all men, without the respecting of any ones person.

1797 tr. Calvin’s Comm. Epist. James ii. 39 This is the respecting of persons here condemned.

1836 S. Williston Harmony Divine Truth i. ix. 162 If the conferring of a favor on one individual..be called a respecting of persons, then Christ preached in its favor in his sermon at Nazareth.

1910 Official Rep. 8th Ann. Convent. National Lumber Manufacturers' Assoc. 184 It became clear that there was no respecting of persons.

1992 D. Hochstetler Confl. of Trad. iii. 124 Benedict insisted there was to be no respecting of persons in the monastery. No one was preferred over another.

1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. li. f. 157 I know you haue no reall perfections in you, or any thing worthy the respecting.

1699 W. Wake Princ. Christian Relig. Explained xxxv. 134 The Separation of any Thing to a Holy Vse; and the Treating, and Respecting, of it accordingly.

1838 Unitarian Baptist Advocate Jan. 91 It would rather be a degrading of religion, than a practical respecting of it.

1898 Eclectic Mag. Oct. 492/2 Are we capable, ere it is too late, of making a stand, and insisting, by force of arms if need be, on the respecting of our undoubted rights?

1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 21 100 The respecting of such selves—the encouraging of their realization in a reciprocal social community—is the fundamental condition of the organization of values.

1963 Times 30 Dec. 6/5 Although under public pressure to demand the respecting of German sovereignty, Bonn has evidently preferred to avoid straining Franco-German relations.

2002 D. Lambert in D. Mann Love & Hate xiii. 233 She seemed to be speaking up for tolerance and the respecting of difference.

1573 R. Lever Arte of Reason iv. xxii. 199 Respecting termes may well bee named yokefelowes, for that they are knit, and coupled together with a certain band of societie.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres iv. xxiii. sig. T4 The equally respecting eye Of powre, looking alike on like desarts.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. xiii. 481/2 He beareth Argent, two Horns of a Bull, with Nails or pointed Pins on the respecting Sable sides tips having Balls tufted, Or.

a1758 J. Edwards Wks. (1829) VII. 519 Whatever it be that is by the respecting person viewed in the person respected, that actually has influence, and is effectual to recommend to respect is merit or worthiness of respect or fitness for it in his eyes.

1908 T. D. MacGregor Pushing your Business ii. 19 Any respecting business man would have done the same.

2003 S. Nariyama Ellipsis & Ref. Tracking in Japanese iii. 127 Expressions of deference are by their nature made essentially with human referents, i.e. between a respected person (honoree) and a respecting person.

1548 J. Bale in Princess Elizabeth & J. Bale tr. Queen Margaret of Angoulême Godly Medytacyon Christen Sowle Concl. f. 42 So lyuely Apothegmes, or breue and quycek [read quycke] sentences, respectynge christyanyte, haue seldom come from women.

1561 J. Dolman tr. Cicero 5 Questions iv. sig. T.vii If you thynke that we haue spoken playnely ynoughe, respectinge the darkenesse of the matter [L. pro rerum obscuritate].

1611 G. Downame Def. Serm. Consecr. Bishop of Bath i. vii. 133 There are duties respecting outward order and decencie, which the Scripture doth not prescribe in particular.

1696 S. Carter Lex Custumaria i. 4 Respecting Copy-holds, I shall..hereafter speak of Herriots, Forfeitures, Amerciaments and Fines for not doing Suit and Service, and the like.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 59 Respecting Man whatever wrong we call, May, must be right, as relative to All.

1782 T. Paine Let. to Abbe Raynal (1791) 73 Respecting Canada, one or other of the two following will take place.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 116 He could not agree with him respecting the price.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §8. 103 The legislation respecting ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

1932 Daily Tel. 8 Oct. 2/3 The bondholders have shown such apathy and negligence in this matter respecting the negotiations between the issuing house and the City of Riga.

1975 J. H. Ely in Abortion (Hearing before U.S. Senate Judiciary Comm., Constit. Amendments Subcomm., 93rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) iii. 255 My outrage..had nothing to do with my feelings respecting what the Constitution ought to say on the subject of abortion.

1999 Jrnl. Higher Educ. 70 577 If..they are unable to reach any consensus of opinion respecting the things of the mind that ought to form the center of education.