Sean Brady

With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence I gave them. However, I also accept that I was part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society and the Church, which thankfully is now a thing of the past.

Irish Clergyman

Karl Iagnemma

In Singapore, drivers generally obey the rules, but the attitude around pedestrians is actually quite different. It's culturally different. People drive safely, but it's not the same deference shown to pedestrians.

American Writer

Angelo Scola

We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God.

Italian Clergyman

Rick Wilson

For Trump, there's always a dark conspiracy arrayed against him. Someone is always doing him an injustice by not treating him with the required deference.

American Author

Peter Bergen

Bin Laden was intelligent, well-informed, and low key. The people around him treated him with great deference, calling him 'sheikh,' a term of respect.

American Journalist

Susan Collins

What I find is with all due deference to - deference to our male colleagues, that women's styles tend to be more collaborative.

American Politician

Joachim Low

I take sporting criticism on board very keenly and with deference, and I also try to make decisions based on it.

German Coach

James Woolsey

Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

American Public Servant

Christopher Voss

There is great power in deference. Deference works with everybody.

American Businessman

Walter Savage Landor

Great men always pay deference to greater.

English Poet

Use 'deference' to express polite respect towards someone higher in rank or status.

Hierarchical Respect

'Deference' can imply different levels of respect in different cultures, from modest to very significant.

Cultural Nuance

'Deference' often involves a visible action or gesture that shows respect.

Behavioral Indication

'Deference' implies willingly giving way or submitting respectfully to someone's wishes.

Voluntary Yielding

Using 'deference' indicates the decision was made out of respect, not fear or weakness.

Respectful Compromise

'Deference' suggests thoughtful consideration for someone’s preferences or position.

Considerate Action

 We get to exercise some ancient drives. The fourth foundation is authority/respect. Here you see submissive gestures from two members of very closely related species. But authority in humans is not so closely based on power and brutality as it is in other primates. It's based on more voluntary deference and even elements of love, at times.

Jonathan Haidt: The...

 But skipping classes to spend more time in the lab and neglecting to show proper deference to his professors had derailed his intended career path. Passed over even for a lab assistant position, he had to settle for a job at the Swiss patent office, obtained with the help of a friend's father.

Einstein's miracle year...

 exhibiting deference asking for the daughter and that's just what the found Papa wanted and so the bat-eared Fox life cycle begins again