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Deference :: Deference (n.) A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To put off; to delay to act; to wait.

Epicycle :: Epicycle (n.) A circle, whose center moves round in the circumference of a greater circle; or a small circle, whose center, being fixed in the deferent of a planet, is carried along with the deferent, and yet, by its own peculiar motion, carries the body of the planet fastened to it round its proper center..

Postponement :: Postponement (n.) The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay..

Defer :: Defer (v. i.) To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to..

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Honor :: Honor (n.) To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship..

Defer :: Defer (v. t.) To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

Deferent :: Deferent (n.) That which carries or conveys.

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) The act of deferring; delay.

Deferent :: Deferent (n.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round..

Deferentially :: Deferentially (adv.) With deference.

Forsooth :: Forsooth (n.) A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person.

Delay :: Delay (n.) To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..

Deferential :: Deferential (a.) Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject..

Deferrer :: Deferrer (n.) One who defers or puts off.

Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To delay; to defer; to put off.

Dutiful :: Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection..

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