deference

See also: déférence

English edit

Morphologically defer +‎ -ence.

deference (countable and uncountable, plural deferences)

Great respect.
The children treated their elders with deference.
The willingness to carry out the wishes of others.
By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

great respect

Bulgarian: почит (bg) f (počit)
Catalan: deferència f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 尊敬 (zyun¹ ging³), 敬重 (ging³ zung⁶)
Danish: ærbødighed
Dutch: eerbied (nl) m
Finnish: kunnioitus (fi), arvonanto (fi)
French: respect (fr) m, déférence (fr) f
German: Ehrerbietung (de) m, Respekt (de) m, Achtung (de) f
Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
Hungarian: hódolat (hu)
Irish: ómós m
Italian: deferenza (it) f
Maori: kauanuanu, ngākau whakaute
Polish: szacunek (pl) m, atencja (pl) f (dated), atentacja f (archaic)
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)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 服從／服从 (fuk⁶ cong⁴)
Dutch: bereidwilligheid (nl) f
Finnish: suostuvaisuus, kunnioitus (fi)
French: déférence (fr) f
Greek: σεβασμός (el) m (sevasmós)
Ido: deferenceso
Italian: deferenza (it) f
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