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deference

English

  1. 🔊 a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
    “his deference to her wishes was very flattering”
  2. 🔊 courteous regard for people's feelings
    “in deference to your wishes”
  3. 🔊 a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

Spanish

  1. 🔊 deferencia deference

Similar words

respect complaisance compliance compliancy obligingness respect respectfulness acceptance acquiescence admiration adoration affability agreeableness allegiance amenity apotheosis appreciation approbation approval assent assigned task awe bounden duty breathless adoration