# Respect **Domain:** American Trust Value **System:** [[wiki/American Character|American Character]] ## Definition Respect is the preservation of another person's dignity across differences of rank, role, belief, and ability. It appears through attention, accurate naming, fair disagreement, and conduct that does not need to make another person smaller. Respect does not forbid judgment or enforcement; it governs how legitimate consequence is carried. A confident institution can act without humiliation as theater. ## Place in the American System Respect is developed from [[american/American Character - Value 07 - Respect|American Character - Value 07 - Respect]] and belongs to [[collections/American|the American Collection]]. Its role is to keep one stable concept available across doctrine, character, comportment, material culture, intelligence participation, and alliance work without collapsing those levels into one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/Everyday Civic Courtesy|Everyday Civic Courtesy]] · [[wiki/American Comportment|American Comportment]] · [[wiki/American Standard|American Standard]] ## Sources / Provenance The governing source is [[american/American Character - Value 07 - Respect|American Character - Value 07 - Respect]]; the wider architecture is routed through [[wiki/American System|American System]].