with all due respect

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

with all due respect

1. (formal, idiomatic) A phrase used before disagreeing with someone, usually considered polite.

   With all due respect, Sir, I don't think that's the case.

   It seems that you are, with all due respect, wrong in this particular case — as you see the murder took place at three o'clock.

Synonyms

• with due respect
• no offense

Translations

phrase used before disagreeing with someone

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冒昧地說一下／冒昧地说一下, 冒昧地说一下 (màomèi de shuō yīxià), 恕我直言 (shù wǒ zhíyán)

• Danish: med al respekt
• Finnish: kaikella kunnioituksella
• French: sauf votre respect (fr), avec tout le respect que je vous dois (fr)
• German: bei allem nötigen Respekt, bei allem gebotenen Respekt, mit Verlaub (de)
• Italian: con tutto il dovuto rispetto
• Japanese: 全ての敬意をもって (subete no keii wo motte)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: med respekt å melde

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• Polish: z całym szacunkiem, z należytym szacunkiem
• Portuguese: com todo respeito
• Russian: при всём моём уваже́нии (pri vsjom mojóm uvažénii)
• Slovak: pri všetkej úcte
• Spanish: con el debido respeto
• Swedish: med all respekt, med all aktning för

See also

• pace
• with respect