| Serfdom did not reach them, and they looked on European Russians as lickspittles and prided themselves on their lack of deference to the centre. |
| Institutions that were once accorded great deference including the government and the military are now eyed warily. |
| Federal rules for regulating professionals have existed for many years, but have been exercised with deference toward state standards. |
| Even the exalted Christ continues to employ the idiom of reverential deference for the Ancient of Days! |
| Furthermore, we have a deference to authority that amounts to an abdication of individual responsibility. |
| These days, however, governments have to pay more deference to the organisers of grassroots rebellions. |
