deference
/DEF-er-unss/nounhumble submission and respect for another's judgment
“In deference to the family, names were withheld.”
- Synonyms
- respect, regard, homage
- Antonyms
- disrespect, defiance
- Memory hook
- defer: yielding the floor to another.
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