Respect your elders.

Meaning: This means to show kindness, politeness, and deference to people who are older than you. It's like saying, Please treat older people with consideration and appreciation.

Choice of Words: Respect means to show consideration and appreciation for someone. Elders are people who are older and wiser than you. When you put them together, "Respect your elders" is a common phrase used to remind people to treat older people with kindness, politeness, and deference.

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Related Expressions

• Respect elders, learn wisdom.
• Manners show respect to elders.
• Respect elders, gain wisdom.
• He showed respect for his elders.
• Respect elders.
• Be respectful to your elders.
• Listen to your elders, they have wisdom.
• Your body is your temple, treat it with respect.
• Respect given, respect earned.
• Respect earns respect.