Both Uses
deference
in
Washington's Farewell Address
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- The acceptance of, and continuance hitherto in, the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire.†
*deference = polite respect
- And it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation), facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding, with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)