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deference


noun

  1. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another.
  2. respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes.

noun

  1. submission to or compliance with the will, wishes, etc, of another
  2. courteous regard; respect
n.

1640s, from French déférence (16c.), from déférer (see defer (v.2)).

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