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in deference to someone Definition


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deference
noun
    1. Willingness to consider or respect the wishes, etc of others.
      Thesaurus: honour, acclaim, esteem, respect, veneration, homage, reverence, regard, obedience, submission, yielding, compliance, complaisance, acquiescence, obsequiousness, docility, capitulation, obeisance.
    2. The act of deferring.
Idiom: in deference to someone or something
    Deferring to them; showing recognition of or respect for them.
Etymology: 17c.



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