deference implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence. Deference to leaders and intolerance toward outsiders (and toward "enemies within") are …

DEFERENCE definition: 1. respect and politeness: 2. respect and politeness: 3. respect shown for another person esp…. Learn more.

When you show deference to someone, you make a gesture of respect. The noun deference goes with the verb defer, which means "to yield to someone's opinions or wishes out of respect for that person."

DEFERENCE definition: respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another. See examples of deference used in a sentence.

def•er•ence (ˈdɛf ər əns) n. 1. respectful yielding to the opinion, will, etc., of another: in deference to her wishes. 2. respectful or courteous regard.

Definition of deference noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

deference, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary