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Deferent

adjective
1.
Showing deference.  Synonyms: deferential, regardful.






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"Deferent" Quotes from Famous Books



... had sent a delegation to the governor and made arrangements for the funeral rites. They were going to cremate the body on the outskirts of the town, on the beach that faced the East. His remains must not rot in impure soil. The English governor, deferent toward the creeds of his various subjects, presented them with the necessary wood. At night-fall they would dig a hollow on the beach, fill it with shavings and faggots; then they would put in large logs, and the corpse; on top of this, more wood, and after the pyre had ceased to burn for lack ...
— Luna Benamor • Vicente Blasco Ibanez



Words linked to "Deferent" :   respectful, regardful, defer, deferential, deference



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