n.

1. Submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another.
2. Courteous respect. See synonyms at honor.

noun

1. The quality or state of willingly carrying out the wishes of others: acquiescence, amenability, amenableness, compliance, compliancy, obedience, submission, submissiveness, tractability, tractableness. See resist/yield.
2. Great respect or high public esteem accorded as a right or as due: homage, honor, obeisance. See respect/contempt/standing.

n

Definition: attention
Antonyms: contempt, disrespect

n

Definition: homage
Antonyms: dishonor, disregard, ignorance

n

Definition: obedience, compliance
Antonyms: disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance

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IN BRIEF: n. - A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others; Courteous regard for people's feelings.

Tutor's tip: Students should show "deference" (respect, submission, yielding) to their teachers, even when they have a "difference" (disparity, being unlike) of opinion.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - respekt, hensyntagen, given efter

Nederlands (Dutch)
eerbied(iging)

Français (French)
n. - déférence, considération

Deutsch (German)
n. - Achtung, Ehrerbietung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμμόρφωση, συγκατάβαση, σεβασμός, ευλάβεια

Italiano (Italian)
riguardo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - deferência (f)

Русский (Russian)
уступка, почтительность

Español (Spanish)
n. - deferencia, respeto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hänsyn, respekt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
顺从, 尊重

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 順從, 尊重

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 존경, 복종

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 服従, 敬意, 尊敬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مراعاة رغبه شخص كنوع من الاحترام له‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כיבוד, יחס-כבוד‬

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