Englishdeference
noun
his writings show excessive deference to the gentry:
respect, respectfulness, regard, esteem;
consideration, attentiveness, attention, thoughtfulness;
courteousness, courtesy, politeness, civility, dutifulness, reverence, veneration, awe, homage;
submissiveness, submission, obedience, yielding, surrender, accession, capitulation, acquiescence, complaisance, obeisance.
▷antonyms disrespect.
deference Oxford Dictionary of English