deference
de fuh ruhns
- n a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
his deference to her wishes was very flattering - n courteous regard for people's feelings
in deference to your wishes - n a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- In deference to your wishes I am not starting the debate on who is responsible for the fiasco.
- But that, with all due deference to the late Rube (who was a great admirer of Emett), is to compare Edward Lear with Ogden Nash, or Mozart with Meyerbeer.
- They were called Murderers' Row, in deference to a lineup dominated by two incomparable sluggers.