venerate
to regard with deep respect
Root
- vener / Venus: veneration, worship, deep honor, or regard with awe
Other words with the vener / Venus root
- venerable: worthy of deep respect, especially from age or dignity
- veneration: deep respect or honor
- Venus: the Roman goddess of love and beauty
Venerate means treat someone or something as worthy of deep honor.
The community continued to venerate the teacher decades after her last class ended.
Venerate has more ceremony than admire. You can admire a clever answer; you venerate something that feels almost sacred: an elder, text, leader, memory, or tradition.