deference
noun/ˈdɛfəɹəns/UK/ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/US
Etymology
From French déférence. Morphologically defer + -ence.
- borrowed from déférence
Definitions
Great respect.
- The children treated their elders with deference.
The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
- By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.
- Michael in turn benefits from Tom. He loosens up a bit, stops talking so much like one of the bad novels he used to read, and learns to give his intellect a rest once in a while in deference to the emotions.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for deference. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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