Deference

/ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/

Synonyms for "deference" (143 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(4 words)

respect compliance acquiescencecatalan reverència

acceptance acquiescence admiration adoration affability agreeableness allegiance amenity apotheosis appreciation approbation approval assentassigned taskattention awebounden dutybreathless adorationburden business

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call of dutycharge civility comity commitment

Strong matches (43)

complaisance compliance consent considerateness consideration courteousness courtesy dedication deification devoir devotionduties and responsibilitiesduty esteem estimation ethicsexaggerated respectfavor fealty gallantry

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gracefulness graciousnessgreat respecthero worshiphigh regardholy homage honor

Noun(14 words)

complaisance compliancy cowering curtsey curtseying deigning demureness esteem gallantry genuflecting genuflection genuflections grovelling honor

Adjective(1 words)

deep reverence

Related words (71)

Noun(21 words)

humbleness kowtowingmost respectfullyobeisances obligingness obsequiousness obsequy officialism regardrespect for authorityrespect for othersrespectfulness respecting respects reverence reverences salaaming simpering stooping submission

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yielding

idolatry idolization imperative kneelingline of dutyloyalty mission must nonopposal nonopposition nonresistance obedience obeisance obligation onus ought passiveness passivity piety place

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Verb(4 words)

kotow kowtow kowtowsshow respect

Adjective(1 words)

occitan reveréncia

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

agreeability agreeableness civility courtesy doctrinegood mannerslegal doctrinepoliteness respectstatutory interpretation principlesubmission

More specific

5 entries

Chevron deferenceSkidmore deferenceacademic deferencecultural deferenceprofessional deference

Collocations

5 entries

academic deferencecultural deferencedeference to authoritylegal deferenceprofessional deference

Inflections

1 entries

deferences

Derivations

3 entries

deferential deferentiality deferentially

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Then I'll work on the principle that deference is no substitute for obedience.

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Although you are able to win, sometimes yield to a friend, since through deference, sweet friends are preserved.

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If Tom senses even the slightest lack of obsequious deference, he explodes into a hail of random and spontaneous insults.

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"I am deeply moved that Your Majesty has in all His grace granted me, Your Majesty's most humble servant, permission to appear here before Your Majesty and, in humblest deference to Your Majesty, present my case." "Yes, yes, get to the point! What's this about?"

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