Meanings
- formalidiomaticA phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.
With all due respect, Sir, I don't think that's the case.
2 more examples
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.
Shepard: You have the right to your opinion, Mr. Saracino. But with all due respect, I disagree with it. Charles Saracino: I understand. I'm glad you support the democratic process, at least.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: CitadelSynonyms: with due respect, no offense
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseA phrase used before disagreeing with someone or saying something they may find offensive, usually considered polite.
Translations
Catalan amb tots els respectes
- amb tots els respectesphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Chinese Mandarin 冒昧地說一下 /冒昧地说一下, 恕我直言
- 冒昧地說一下 /冒昧地说一下 (màomèi de shuō yīxià)phrase used before disagreeing with someone
- 恕我直言 (shù wǒ zhíyán)phrase used before disagreeing with someone
Danish med al respekt
- med al respektphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Dutch met alle respect, met respect
- met alle respectphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- met respectphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Estonian kogu lugupidamise juures
- kogu lugupidamise juuresphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Finnish kaikella kunnioituksella
- kaikella kunnioituksellaphrase used before disagreeing with someone
French sauf votre respect, avec tout le respect que je vous dois
- sauf votre respectphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- avec tout le respect que je vous doisphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- n'en déplaise àphrase used before disagreeing with someone
German bei allem nötigen Respekt, bei allem gebotenen Respekt
- bei allem nötigen Respektphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- bei allem gebotenen Respektphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- mit Verlaubphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Italian con tutto il dovuto rispetto
- con tutto il dovuto rispettophrase used before disagreeing with someone
Japanese 全ての敬意をもって, お言葉ですが
- 全ての敬意をもって (subete no keii wo motte)phrase used before disagreeing with someone
- お言葉ですが (o-kotoba desu ga)phrase used before disagreeing with someone
Norwegian Bokmål med respekt å melde, med all respekt
- med respekt å meldephrase used before disagreeing with someone
- med all respektphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Polish z całym szacunkiem
- z całym szacunkiemphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Portuguese com todo o respeito
- com todo o respeitophrase used before disagreeing with someone
Russian при всём моём уваже́нии
- при всём моём уваже́нии (pri vsjom mojóm uvažénii)phrase used before disagreeing with someone
Slovak pri všetkej úcte
- pri všetkej úctephrase used before disagreeing with someone
Spanish con el debido respeto
- con el debido respetophrase used before disagreeing with someone
Swedish med all respekt, med all aktning för
- med all respektphrase used before disagreeing with someone
- med all aktning förphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Welsh gyda phob dyledus barch
- gyda phob dyledus barchphrase used before disagreeing with someone
Cite this entry
with all due respect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20due%20respect
“with all due respect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20due%20respect. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with all due respect,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20due%20respect.
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