deference

See also: déférence

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French déférence

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛfəɹəns/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.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.

Synonyms

• honor
• respect

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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• 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)
• Dutch: gehoorzaamheid (nl) m
• Finnish: suostuvaisuus, kunnioitus (fi)
• French: déférence (fr) f
• Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
• Ido: deferenceso
• Italian: deferenza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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