respectant

adjective

re·​spect·​ant

-ktənt

1

: depicted upright and facing one another

—used of heraldic representations of fishes and mammals compare affronté, combatant

2

: looking back

Word History

Etymology

Latin respectant-, respectans, present participle of respectare to look back, look back at

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