Australian English Meaning of deference
deference
Other Australian English words related to deference
- acquiescence
- obedience
- submissiveness
- consent
- Bidability
- complaisance
- compliance
- compliance
- docility
- having a laugh
- obsequiousness
- receptivity
- servility
- subservience
- acceptance
- affability
- amenability
- amiability
- amiability
- capitulation
- conformity
- Friendliness
- consent
- Cooperativeness
- cordiality
- friendliness
- brilliance
- Good-nature
- indulgence
- receptiveness
- slavishness
- sociability
- submission
- subservience
- surrender
Nearest Words of deference
Definitions and Meaning of deference in English
deference (n)
a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
courteous regard for people's feelings
a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
deference (n.)
A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
FAQs About the word deference
deference
a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard, courteous regard for people's feelings, a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of othersA
acquiescence,obedience,submissiveness,consent,Bidability,complaisance,compliance,compliance,docility,having a laugh
defiance,disobedience,Hostility,animosity,Antipathy,enmity,Ill will,intractability,recalcitrance
defer => defer, defensory => defensive, defensor => Defender, defensiveness => Defensiveness, defensively => defensively,
