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Adjective: respectful  ri'spekt-ful
  1. Full of or exhibiting respect
    "respectful behaviour"; "a respectful glance"
     
  2. Feeling or manifesting veneration
    "The later Brahmanical books contain much that is repugnant to the respectful feeling and idea of the Divinity";
    - reverential, venerating

See also: courteous, deferent, deferential, honorific, humble, regardful, reverent

Antonym: disrespectful