deference

See also: déférence

English

Etymology

From French déférence

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹəns/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/

Noun

deference (countable and uncountable, plural deferences)

Great respect.
The children treated their elders with deference.
The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

Synonyms

Translations

great respect

Bulgarian: почит (bg) f (počit)
Catalan: deferència f
Danish: ærbødighed
Dutch: eerbied (nl) m
Finnish: kunnioitus (fi), arvonanto
French: respect (fr) m, déférence (fr) f
German: Ehrerbietung (de) m, Respekt (de) m, Achtung (de) f
Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
Italian: deferenza (it) f

Maori: kauanuanu, ngākau whakaute
Polish: szacunek (pl) m
Portuguese: deferência (pt) f
Romanian: deferență (ro) f
Russian: уваже́ние (ru) n (uvažénije), почте́ние (ru) n (počténije), респе́кт (ru) m (respékt), почита́ние (ru) n (počitánije)
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)
Dutch: gehoorzaamheid (nl) m
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)
Swedish: hänsyn (sv) c
Tagalog: pagiging masunurin

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