To have respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs our manners. From LearnThat.org. [Lawrence Sterne]
In deference to your wishes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
His deference to her wishes was very flattering. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The first kind of deference is relatively uncontroversial, I suspect. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Dale Forbid the Solomon Amendment?] Reference
This, I am told, is in deference to the underwriters. From Wordnik.com. [Janey Canuck in the West] Reference
And what level of deference is given to the legislature?. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Absence of Justice] Reference
The timid help watches silently, in deference to his power. From Wordnik.com. [Supernova] Reference
Where most states have moved away, less deference is required. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » La Société, C’est Moi] Reference
John Edwards removed his name as well in deference to the rules. From Wordnik.com. [Obama adds two superdelegates, one's a former Clinton backer] Reference
I may stick to the slab, in deference to all the ways I m old and sore. From Wordnik.com. [i walk where the bottles break and the blacktop still comes back for more] Reference
He chose this format in deference to the expertise of individual artisans. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
He constantly downplayed his own contributions in deference to his writers. From Wordnik.com. [The Codex Continual » Bulwark Publishing: Kharndam Collected (#3)] Reference
Many senators had wanted to keep debating, in deference to the public outcry. From Wordnik.com. [French Senate Passes Controversial Retirement Bill] Reference
But I am going to put aside this fear in deference to public relations and good will. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts from the Bathtub] Reference
Sudhir, in deference to our bright and polite readership, has agreed to do just that. From Wordnik.com. [What Do Real Thugs Think of The Wire? Part Three - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Iden, you're so right, and in deference, I've taken the word tied out of that sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Two Minute Rule] Reference
Well, now that you've posted a recipe in deference to She, the rest of them are sulking. From Wordnik.com. [Recipe] Reference
(Quotes in deference to those postmodern holdouts who might otherwise quibble me to death.). From Wordnik.com. [MIND MELD: Scientific Accuracy in Stories] Reference
They asked for US help for missile defense, and were told to shove it, in deference Russia. From Wordnik.com. [Kaczynski plane crashes en route to Katyn. | RedState] Reference
I did go out for a two mile walk this morning (in deference to my sore toe, I walked only.). From Wordnik.com. [i walk where the bottles break and the blacktop still comes back for more] Reference
Obama took his name off the ballot in deference to their agreement and the rules of the party. From Wordnik.com. [Obama begins VP search process] Reference
It is not “acting in deference” to the drug dealer by NOT strip searching an underage child. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush Said His Nominees Won’t Change Their Minds In 20 Years] Reference
Once he broke it, whether out of conviction or in deference to fashion, he couldn't go home again. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Meritocracy] Reference
Why can't it keep itself thoroughly clean and unusually well aired, in deference to the sick person?. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference
And in deference to your local fire code, please just imagine candles (on an equally imaginary cake). From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Happy Birthday, Ray!] Reference
Not in deference to my plight mind you, but because most of the suitors were mangy, bothersome creatures. From Wordnik.com. [Sombra In The Tijuana Jail] Reference
This, of course, required him to set his aside his swim shorts in deference to traditional office attire. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
But Yasmin, surely the decline of deference is one of the greatest achievements of the cultural revolution?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-23] Reference
So my writing dreams get put on the back burner in deference to other responsibilities which take priority. From Wordnik.com. [Write On Wednesday -Staying the Course] Reference
Now, in deference to Carney, I think the new topic on hauling dead animals out of the woods is a lot more fun. From Wordnik.com. [Petzal on Palin: Who Thought McCain was That Smart?] Reference
Only after everyone left did I do picking-up, taking my time, resting between bouts in deference to the sniffles. From Wordnik.com. [In case anyone wondered....] Reference
I suppose, my dear, Elizabeth, that it is in deference to poor Mr. Mottisfont's wishes that you do not wear black. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire Within] Reference
On the seventh day she received many letters from elegant persons in deference to the celestial lovers, 1 but her heart was. From Wordnik.com. [Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan] Reference
"There is a certain deference, Tony, which an officer in the Royal Italian Army has a right to expect from a donkey-driver.". From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Junior] Reference
I got to tell'ya Bro, we can slice it and dice it and the only deference is which way the sun is shining and phase of the moon. From Wordnik.com. [7mm Rem Magnum receives bum rap!.....] Reference
It is unwise to destroy the proper reverberant acoustical setting for worship in deference to highly infrequent noisy behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Rip up those carpets!] Reference
As to whether or not the Mars message was "coded information", I would say no in deference to our common definition of the term. From Wordnik.com. [Bits and Pieces of an RNA World] Reference
The “difference in deference” is completely explained by the fact that economics is often regarded as something of a Sokal's Hoax. From Wordnik.com. [Difference in Deference, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
"Resolved, That, in deference to this event, the business which brought us together be postponed, and that this meeting do now adjourn.". From Wordnik.com. [Death of President Lincoln] Reference
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