[responsivevoice] deference [/responsivevoice] [ def-er-uh ns ]
The word of the day is ‘deference.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Obedience
2. Compliance
3. Polite submissions and respect.
4. Homage
1. Hindi – Sammaan
2. Spanish – Deferencia
3. French – Respect
4. Mandarin – Zūnjìng
1. His fellow prisoners began to show him deference in their rude way.
2. He addressed her with the deference due to age.
3. Clotilde, herself, ceasing to smile, seemed to listen to him with deference.
4. I had never yet been paid by any the deference that was my due.
5. He spoke with deference, but, there was a touch of reproach in his tone.
civility, courtesy, reverence, acclaim, consideration, esteem, honour, obeisance, politeness, regard, respect, thoughtfulness, veneration, respectfulness, attentiveness, courteousness, dutifulness, awe, homage, obedience etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
discourtesy, disregard, rudeness, disdain, dishonour, disrespect, ignorance, neglect, thoughtlessness, disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance
Quotation:
Democrats, myself included, tend to respect and value expertise and find that people who have established a record of accuracy and developed a model that’s proven to be beneficial over time should be people accorded great deference when they opine on a topic that they have demonstrated past mastery over.
James Carville
Social Example:
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