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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun deference has 3 senses

• deference(n = noun.act) respect - a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean"
is a kind of civility, politeness
has particulars: court, homage, last respects, props
Derived forms adjective deferent₁, adjective deferential₁

• deference(n = noun.attribute) respect, respectfulness - courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
is a kind of courtesy, good manners
Derived forms verb defer₂, adjective deferent₁, adjective deferential₁

• deference(n = noun.attribute) complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness - a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others; Array
is a kind of agreeability, agreeableness
Derived forms adjective deferent₁, adjective deferential₁

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THESAURUS

deference

acceptance, acquiescence, admiration, adoration, affability, agreeableness, allegiance, amenity, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, assent, assigned task, awe, bounden duty, breathless adoration, burden, business, call of duty, charge, civility, comity, commitment, complaisance, compliance, consent, considerateness, consideration, courteousness, courtesy, dedication, deification, devoir, devotion, duties and responsibilities, duty, esteem, estimation, ethics, exaggerated respect, favor, fealty, gracefulness, graciousness, great respect, hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, imperative, kneeling, line of duty, loyalty, mission, must, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, obedience, obeisance, obligation, onus, ought, passiveness, passivity, place, politeness, prestige, regard, resignation, resignedness, respect, respectfulness, reverence, reverential regard, self-imposed duty, solicitousness, solicitude, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, supineness, tact, tactfulness, thoughtfulness, urbanity, veneration, worship, yielding

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Obedience

N obedience, observance, compliance, submission, subjection, nonresistance, passiveness, resignation, allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion, constancy, fidelity, submissness, submissiveness, ductility, obsequiousness, obedient, complying, compliant, loyal, faithful, devoted, at one's call, at one's command, at one's orders, at one's beck and call, under beck and call, under control, restrainable, resigned, passive, submissive, henpecked, pliant, unresisted, obediently, in compliance with, in obedience to, to hear is to obey, as you please, if you please, your wish is my command, as you wish, no sooner said than done.

Respect

N respect, regard, consideration, courtesy, attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration, approbation, homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration, obsequiousness, salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute, respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards, devotion, respecting, respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious, ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees, prostrate, respected, in high esteem, in high estimation, time-honored, venerable, emeritus, in deference to, with all respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the highest respect, with submission, saving your grace, saving your presence, salva sit reverentia, pace tanti nominis, Int, hail!, all hail!, esto perpetua!, may your shadow never be less!, and pluck up drowned honor by the locks, his honor rooted in dishonor stood, honor pricks me on.

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