Deference

- a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something. - respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.

FRENCH: déférence, from déférer LATIN: deferre "to bring down" or "to carry away." differre"to postpone" or "to differ."

Acquiescence Docility Biddable Yielding Obedience

Acquiescence

Docility

Biddable

Yielding

Obedience

Fight Recalcitrance Intractability Defiance Dishonor

Fight

Recalcitrance

Intractability

Defiance

Dishonor

- Respect the feelings of others. - Refraining from words or actions that may offend others. - Observe those around you. - Do not play loud music in public. - Be careful on how you dress.

“Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” Romans 12:10

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity. Benjamin Franklin

- Louisa May Alcott rank, age, or color.

Eminence without merit earns deference without esteem.

GREAT MEN ALWAYS PAY DEFERENCE TO GREATER

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments

Benjamin Franklin Louisa May Alcott Nicolas Chamfort Walter Savage Landor William Shenstone

defer to somebody to be in awe of someone look up to toe the line to be very humble and subservient

defer to somebody

to be in awe of someone

look up to

toe the line