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respective adjective [ rɪˈspɛktɪv ]

• belonging or relating separately to each of two or more people or things.
• "they chatted about their respective childhoods"
Similar: separate, personal, own, particular, individual, specific, special, corresponding, relevant, appropriate, different, various, several,
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 .


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