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deference

noun as in obedience, compliance

noun as in attention, homage

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“That decision is binding, and it does require a substantial degree of deference on the factual issues,” Somin said.

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In that interview you seemed to go out of your way to express your thoughts on gender with deference to people whose experience is different than yours.

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A merged entity with more market power can suppress dissenting voices more effectively, or demand greater deference in exchange for carriage.

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He gave a great deference to some who said they could not serve due to personal reasons.

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The musical numbers are more elaborate than karaoke acts, but the volume is contained in deference to the Getty Villa’s neighbors, draining the staging of some of its theatrical power.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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