deference

[Fr. déférence.] 1. Regard, respect. ". neither Whigs nor Tories were disposed to show any deference for the authority of the peers." Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xix. 2. A courteous yielding or submi ion to the opinions or views of another. "Most of our fellow subjects are guided either by the prejudice of education or by deference to the judgment of those who, perhaps in their own hearts, disapprove the opinions which they industriously spread among the multitude." -Add is on. For the difference between deference and com plaisance , see COMPLAISANCE.