Synonyms for deference
ˈdɛf ər ənsdef·er·ence

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1. deferencenoun

   Synonyms:
   respect, honor

2. deferencenoun

   Great respect.

   The children treated their elders with deference.

   Synonyms:
   respect, honor

3. deferencenoun

   The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.

   By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

   Synonyms:
   honor, respect

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1. deference

   Synonyms:
   bashfulness, diffidence, humility, modesty, self-distrust, self-forgetfulness, shyness, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness

   Antonyms:
   conceit, egoism, egotism, self-assertion, self-conceit, self-confidence, self-consciousness, self-esteem, vanity

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1. deference

   Synonyms:
   respect, consideration, condescension, contention, regard, honor, veneration, submission, reverence, obedience, homage, allegiance

   Antonyms:
   disrespect, contumely, contumacy, disregard, slight, impudence, disobedience, non-allegiance, defiance, attention

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1. deference, respectnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   respect, esteem, respectfulness, regard, complaisance, obedience, obligingness, compliance, compliancy

2. deference, respect, respectfulnessnoun

   courteous regard for people's feelings

   "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"

   Synonyms:
   respect, esteem, respectfulness, regard, complaisance, obedience, obligingness, compliance, compliancy

3. complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deferencenoun

   a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

   Synonyms:
   abidance, submission, complaisance, conformity, respectfulness, respect, conformation, obligingness, compliance, compliancy

Matched Categories

1. • Agreeableness
   • Courtesy
   • Politeness

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1. deferencenoun

   Synonyms:
   respect, regard, esteem, honor, reverence, veneration, homage, obeisance

2. deferencenoun

   Synonyms:
   complaisance, condescension

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1. Joanne Lin:

   Reports of the omission of key passages pertaining to sexual and reproductive rights, women's rights and the rights of marginalized populations, combined with the Administration's deference to known human rights violators like the governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey, make us skeptical that these reports present a full picture of human rights around the world.

2. David Gibson:

   He seems to be too much a creature of the Old Church, but he’s been better than his predecessors. He believed in churchman before victims. He moved very carefully, giving deference to the church. That was evident in Chile, and the sex abuse allegations there.

3. Olivia Nuzzi:

   I’ve always been interested in our knee jerk deference to the intelligence community and how we never learn any lessons related to that.

4. Lawrence Sterne:

   To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

5. Saeed Haddadian:

   I went to Syria to show respect, admiration and deference to the fighters, they do what we only speak about.