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deferences
n. (plural of deference English)
Usage examples of "deferences".
There are other word orders for different challenges and deferences, for commands, for questions.
The selfishness in politics, the jealousy in letters, the bickering in art, the bitterness in theology, are all as nothing compared to the sweet charities, sacrifices, and deferences of private life.
It can be given away in many ways, by the movements of the body, by certain timidities, and deferences, dispositions to kneel, slips of the tongue, and such.