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in deference to

in deference to preposition: out of respect for; in consideration of.

Preposition

in deference to

  1. Out of respect for; in consideration of.
    • In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.1957 February, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96

in deference to meaning in Tamil

in deference to in Tamil

பணிவிசைவு, மதிக்கும் வண்ணம், மதிப்பளிக்கும் வகையில்

Questions about in deference to

What does in deference to mean?
In deference to means out of respect for; in consideration of.
What is in deference to in Tamil?
In deference to in Tamil is பணிவிசைவு, மதிக்கும் வண்ணம், மதிப்பளிக்கும் வகையில். See In deference to meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is in deference to?
In deference to is a preposition.

Words near in deference to in the dictionary

  1. in debt
  2. in decrement
  3. in deep
  4. in deep doo-doo
  5. in deep shit
  6. in deference to
  7. in demand
  8. in depth
  9. in dern
  10. in despite of
  11. in detail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in deference to (page history and authors); in deference to (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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