deference

See also: déférence

English

Etymology

From French déférence.

Morphologically defer +‎ -ence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹəns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/, /ˈdɛ.fɹəns/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛfəɹəns

Noun

deference (countable and uncountable, plural deferences)

1. Great respect.

   The children treated their elders with deference.

2. The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.

   By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

Synonyms

• honor
• respect

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
• 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), респе́кт (ru) m (respékt), почита́ние (ru) n (počitánije)
• 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 (fuk⁶ cong⁴)

• Dutch: bereidwilligheid (nl) f
• 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