Synonym: deferent, regardful. Similar words: preferential, differentiate, deference, reference, preference, different, essential, potential. Meaning: adj. showing deference.
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31) The formal ones include honorific deferential , and humbling terms, all of them generally universal and systematic.
32) King Edward VII exchanged power for popularity. The popular press in the early years of the century was deferential and ignored his many affairs.
33) Subsequent sections of the chapter explain this more deferential component of the reviewing court's job.
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