DEFERENCE
\dˈɛfɹəns], \dˈɛfɹəns], \d_ˈɛ_f_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of DEFERENCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
By Princeton University
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courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Act of deferring; respectful submission.
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Deferential.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Regard; respect;- a yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission; complaisance.
By Thomas Sheridan
