deference

English

Etymology

From French déférence

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /'dɛfəɹəns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /'dɛ.fɚ.əns/

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.

Translations

great respect

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

• Italian: deferenza (it) f
• Maori: kauanuanu
• 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

the willingness to carry out the wishes of others

• Bulgarian: отстъпка (bg) f (otstǎpka), съобразяване (bg) n (sǎobrazjavane)
• Dutch: gehoorzaamheid m
• Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
• Italian: deferenza (it) f

• Romanian: deferență (ro) f
• Russian: послуша́ние (ru) n (poslušánije), поко́рность (ru) f (pokórnostʹ)
• Swedish: hänsyn (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagiging masunurin

Synonyms

• honor
• respect