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Signs for RESPECT
Definition: To admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements; a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.
Pronunciation (sign description): Two-handed (formal citation) or one-handed (informal/casual register) "R" hands (handshape) with the palm(s) facing sideway (orientation) starts on the forehead (location) and moves outward or forward away from the forehead (movement).
Grammar: This sign is inflectable in verb agreement with pronouns or nouns.
You can inflect this verb. E.g. RESPECT-HIR (her/him). Handshape: European T. Also HAT TIP.
Usage/Grammar
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Deaf Culture and tidbits
The Respect postage stamp
On 2017 April 11, The US Postal Service unveiled a new stamp honoring Deaf Studies teacher, Robert Panara (1920-2014), who taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Gallaudet University in Washington, DC for 40 years. With his great love for literature, he encouraged his students to explore literature in sign language (ASL).

The image on the two-ounce stamp known as a "forever stamp" shows Panara signing the word "respect". Ref