Deference

//ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns//

Synonyms for "deference" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(1 words)
respect

Strong matches (32)

Related words (52)

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6 relation types

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6 entries

Synonyms

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is a

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related to

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Translations

59 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • отстъпка noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • почит noun (great respect)
  • съобразяване noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Catalan

1 entries
  • deferència noun (great respect)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 尊敬 noun (great respect)
  • 敬重 noun (great respect)
  • 服從 /服从 noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Danish

1 entries
  • ærbødighed noun (great respect)

Dutch

2 entries
  • bereidwilligheid noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • eerbied noun (great respect)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • respektego noun (great respect)
  • submetiĝo noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Finnish

4 entries
  • arvonanto noun (great respect)
  • kunnioitus noun (great respect)
  • kunnioitus noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • suostuvaisuus noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

French

3 entries
  • déférence noun (great respect)
  • déférence noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • respect noun (great respect)

German

3 entries
  • Achtung noun (great respect)
  • Ehrerbietung noun (great respect)
  • Respekt noun (great respect)

Greek

2 entries
  • σεβασμός noun (great respect)
  • σεβασμός noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • hódolat noun (great respect)

Ido

1 entries
  • deferenceso noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Irish

1 entries
  • ómós noun (great respect)

Italian

2 entries
  • deferenza noun (great respect)
  • deferenza noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Māori

2 entries
  • kauanuanu noun (great respect)
  • ngākau whakaute noun (great respect)

Polish

4 entries
  • atencja noun (great respect)
  • atentacja noun (great respect)
  • posłuszeństwo noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • szacunek noun (great respect)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • deferência noun (great respect)
  • deferência noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Romanian

2 entries
  • deferență noun (great respect)
  • deferență noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Russian

4 entries
  • поко́рность noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • послуша́ние noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • почита́ние noun (great respect)
  • почте́ние noun (great respect)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pokornost noun (great respect)
  • pokornost noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • poslušnost noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • respekt noun (great respect)

Spanish

1 entries
  • deferencia noun (great respect)

Swedish

4 entries
  • aktning noun (great respect)
  • hänsyn noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)
  • respekt noun (great respect)
  • vördnad noun (great respect)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagiging masunurin noun (the willingness to carry out the wishes of others)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความเคารพ noun (great respect)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hürmet noun (great respect)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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

Source: tatoeba (756900)

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

Source: tatoeba (5105509)

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

Source: tatoeba (5379886)

"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?"

Source: tatoeba (11593617)

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