[1335] deference

[보카길라잡이]

n.

1. Submission or courteous yielding to the opinion, wishes, or judgment of another.
2. Courteous respect. See Synonyms at honor.

deference

n 1: a courteous expression‎ (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean" [syn: respect]

2: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" [syn: respect, respectfulness]

3: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness]

Synonyms: honor, homage, reverence, veneration, deference
These nouns denote admiration, respect, or esteem accorded to another as a right or as due.

Honor is the most general term: The hero tried to be worthy of the honor in which he was held.

Homage is often in the form of a ceremonial tribute that conveys allegiance: “There is no country in which so absolute a homage is paid to wealth” (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

Reverence is a feeling of deep respect and devotion: “Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man” (Ayn Rand).

Veneration is both the feeling and the reverential expression‎ of respect, love, and awe: Her veneration for her mentor never wavered.

Deference is courteous, respectful regard for another that often implies yielding to him or her: The funeral was arranged with deference to the family of the deceased.

<유의>  deferment

n : act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement, deferral]

defer  [de(down)+ fer(carry)] 아래로 몸을 굽혀 나르다; 해야할 순서를 아래에 두다

v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, remit, put off]  -> deferment

 2: submit or yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, accede, give in]  -> deference

---

<비교>  어근 fer(=carry)

differ [dif<dis(apart)+ fer(carry)] 따로 떨어져 나르다(생각하다)

v 1: be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect" [ant: equal]

2: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn: disagree, dissent, take issue] [ant: agree]

 -  difference

n 1: the quality of being unlike or dissimilar; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" [ant: sameness]

2: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm; "the deviation from the mean" [syn: deviation, divergence, departure]

3: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: dispute, difference of opinion, conflict]

4: a significant change; "the difference in her is amazing"; "his support made a real difference"

5: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: remainder]

refer [re(back)+fer(carry)] 되돌려 가져가다, 뒤에 두다 

v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up, cite, name]

2: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on]

3: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"

4: send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"

5: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary"; "refer to your notes" [syn: consult, look up] 6: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " [syn: denote]

 - reference

n 1: a remark that calls attention to something or someone; "she made frequent mention of her promotion"; "there was no mention of it"; "the speaker made several references to his wife" [syn: mention]

2: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, acknowledgment, credit, mention, quotation]

3: an indicator that orients you generally; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" [syn: reference point, point of reference]

4: a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" [syn: reference book, reference work, book of facts]

5: a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability; "requests for character references are all to often answered evasively" [syn: character, character reference]

6: the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression‎; the class of objects that an expression‎ refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" [syn: denotation, extension]

7: the act of referring or consulting; "reference to an encyclopedia produced the answer" [syn: consultation]

8: a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" [syn: source]

9: the relation between a word or phrase and the object or idea it refers to; "he argued that reference is a consequence of conditioned reflexes" v : refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn: cite]

[마스터현태]

deference 1. 존경.경의 2.복종!!!!!!!!!!!!

[시가스팔공]

존경, 경의 deference / respect