Deference in a sentence as a noun

We seem to live in a culture where deference towards corporations and power is the norm.

We have inculcated into our society a servile deference to power.

I was on a jury recently, and the deference given to the government position is alarming.

My opinion is that your deference to such a strict definition of civility is really a hindrance to civil discourse.

> there have to be basic levels of trust and cooperation, a respect for institutions and deference to common procedures.

The TSA is legally entitled to deference of its interpretations of its own regulations.

Is part of the deference they enjoy due to politicians worrying about that too?There is an argument[1] that this may have been what took out General Patreaus.

For society to function well, he wrote, there have to be basic levels of trust and cooperation, a respect for institutions and deference to common procedures.

Standing up against the cops sets an example for others that we don't need to fear them, that they don't deserve respect and deference, and that we can do something directly to stop their abuse.

At best, a person with a demonstrated history of building and grooming an article over a year or so might expect some deference when newcomer attempts a dramatic change.

But in the United States land-owners' air rights were progressively diminished by the courts in deference to practical considerations as civil aviation developed in the first half of the last century.

Congress has been generally sympathetic, and passed laws giving law-enforcement agencies and the military substantial deference, so it's not as if they risk oversight by some hostile foreign power, or the UN or something.

Humorously, one of the justices most people here seem to hate the most, Scalia, is now the strongest opponent of Auer deference:"For decades, and for no good reason, we have been giving agencies the authority to say what their rules mean, under the harmless-sounding banner of defer[ring] to an agencys interpretation of its own regulations.

Do you think for a moment about what that person had to put up with for the hours before you arrived that day, or will continue to deal with after you leave?Is it not enough that you've managed to retire as a young man and lounge on the beaches of Thailand, do you also need to be treated with smiles and deference by people who still have to go to work every day?

Deference definitions

noun

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean"

See also: respect

noun

courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy"

See also: respect respectfulness

noun

a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

See also: complaisance compliance compliancy obligingness