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- respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another
- respectful or courteous regard: in deference to his wishes
- giving way to the views, wishes, etc of others, usu out of respect; respect [Barron]
- respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; also: affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes [Taisha]
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