Respectiveness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being respective; regard or respect had to anything.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or quality of being respective.
  • Word Usage
    "The principle, every thing for every thing and all together one, is so exact, that every atom and tiniest insect feels the touch, in fact, of every heaviest, highest, and remotest orb, and every such orb a respectiveness of action reaching downward, after every such minim of matter and life."