deference
Example Sentences
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There was no deference in her tone or body language.
Congress delegated to the president the determination of what an emergency is, so a degree of deference to his judgment is in order.
Still, out of deference to his wife, he mostly keeps his constructions confined to a single room downstairs.
“The facts do not justify the President’s actions in Illinois, even giving substantial deference to his assertions,” they said in a 3-0 ruling last week.
From Los Angeles Times
The judges found that the law in question requires “a great level of deference” to the president to decide when protest flashes into rebellion, and whether boots on the ground are warranted in response.
From Los Angeles Times
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