résonner, v.n., to resound; to clank, to echo, to reverberate.
résorber (-zor-), v.a., (med.) to reabsorb.
se résorber (-zor-), v.r., (med.) to be reabsorbed.
résorption (-zor-), n.f., reabsorption.
résoudre (résolvant, résolu and résous), v.a., to resolve; to dissolve, to melt; to solve; to decide, to settle; (jur.) to cancel, to make void; to resolve on, to determine on, to decide upon (a thing); to determine; to decide on; to persuade. — une tumeur; (med.) to resolve a tumor. — un problème; to solve a problem. — une question; to settle a question. — un bail; to cancel a lease. A-t-on résolu la paix ou la guerre? has peace or war been decided upon? or is it to be peace or war?
se résoudre, v.r., to resolve, to be resolved, to be solved; to dissolve, to be dissolved; to determine; to be prevailed upon; to make up one’s mind. L’eau se résout en vapeur; water is resolved into vapor. Se — à; to resolve upon; to bring one’s self to. À quoi vous résolvez-vous? what resolution have you come to? Je ne saurais m’y résoudre; I cannot make up my mind to do it.
résous, part., resolved, dissolved, melted; changed into. [Résous has no feminine.]
respect (rès-pè), n.m., respect, regard, reverence, awe, deference, dutifulness. Porter — à quelqu’un; to show respect to any one. Manquer de — envers quelqu’un; to be wanting in respect towards any one. Présenter ses —s à quelqu’un; to pay one’s respects to any one, to give one’s kind regards to. Se faire porter —; to make one’s self respected. Imprimer, or imposer, le — à; to impress any one with respect, to awe any one. Tenir en —; to keep in awe or in respect. Sauf votre —; saving your presence. Sauf le — que je vous dois; with due deference to you.
respectabilité, n.f., respectability.
respectable (rès-pèk-), adj., respectable, venerable.