All 3 Uses of
deference
in
The Idiot
- "Dear me—is it possible?" observed the clerk, while his face assumed an expression of great deference and servility—if not of absolute alarm: "what, a son of that very Semen Rogojin—hereditary honourable citizen—who died a month or so ago and left two million and a half of roubles?"†
Chpt 1.1
- Elizabetha Prokofievna sometimes informed the girls that they were a little too candid in this matter, but in spite of their outward deference to their mother these three young women, in solemn conclave, had long agreed to modify the unquestioning obedience which they had been in the habit of according to her; and Mrs. General Epanchin had judged it better to say nothing about it, though, of course, she was well aware of the fact.†
Chpt 1.4
- "Abbot Pafnute," said our friend, seriously and with deference.†
Chpt 1.5 *
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes