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   respective

   /rɪˈspɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things: "they chatted about their respective childhoods"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘relative, comparative’): from medieval Latin respectivus, from respect- ‘regarded, considered’, from the verb respicere (see respect), reinforced by French respectif, -ive.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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