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deference

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See also:déférence

English

Etymology

FromFrenchdéférence.

Morphologicallydefer +‎-ence.

Pronunciation

(UK)IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹəns/
(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/,/ˈdɛ.fɹəns/
Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-ɛfəɹəns

Noun

deference (countable anduncountable,pluraldeferences)

Greatrespect.
The children treated their elders withdeference.
Thewillingness tocarry out thewishes of others.
By tidying his room, he showeddeference to his mother.
- 1983 December 31, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “The Business of Sex and Affection”, inGay Community News, volume11, number24, page 8:
  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 indeference to the emotions.

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Translations

great respect

Bulgarian:почит (bg) f(počit)
Catalan:deferència f
Chinese:
Cantonese:尊敬(zyun¹ ging³),敬重(ging³ zung⁶)
Danish:ærbødighed
Dutch:eerbied (nl) m
Esperanto:respektego (eo)
Finnish:kunnioitus (fi),arvonanto (fi)
French:respect (fr) m,déférence (fr) f
German:Ehrerbietung (de) m,Respekt (de) m,Achtung (de) f
Greek:σεβασμός (el) m(sevasmós)
Hungarian:hódolat (hu)
Irish:ómós m
Italian:deferenza (it) f
Maori:kauanuanu,ngākau whakaute
Polish:szacunek (pl) m,atencja (pl) f(dated),atentacja f(archaic)
Portuguese:deferência (pt) f
Romanian:deferență (ro) f
Russian:уваже́ние (ru) n(uvažénije),почте́ние (ru) n(počténije),почита́ние (ru) n(počitánije),респе́кт (ru) m(respékt)(slang)
Serbo-Croatian:pokornost (sh) f,uvažavanje (sh) n,respekt (sh) m
Spanish:deferencia (es) f
Swedish:aktning (sv) c,vördnad (sv) c,respekt (sv) c
Turkish:hürmet (tr)

the willingness to carry out the wishes of others

Bulgarian:отстъпка (bg) f(otstǎpka),съобразяване (bg) n(sǎobrazjavane)
Chinese:
Cantonese:服從 /服从(fuk⁶ cong⁴)
Dutch:bereidwilligheid (nl) f
Esperanto:submetiĝo (eo)
Finnish:suostuvaisuus,kunnioitus (fi)
French:déférence (fr) f
Greek:σεβασμός (el) m(sevasmós)
Ido:deferenceso
Italian:deferenza (it) f
Polish:posłuszeństwo (pl) n
Portuguese:deferência (pt) f
Romanian:deferență (ro) f
Russian:послуша́ние (ru) n(poslušánije),поко́рность (ru) f(pokórnostʹ),усту́пчивость (ru) f(ustúpčivostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:pokornost (sh) f,poslušnost (sh) f
Swedish:hänsyn (sv) c
Tagalog: pagiging masunurin

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