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| [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''submission''-, ''submissio'' act of lowering, from ''submittere'' | | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] ''submission''-, ''submissio'' act of lowering, from ''submittere'' |
| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Submission''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Submission '''''this link'''''].</center> |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : to yield oneself to the [[authority]] or will of another : [[surrender]] | | *1a : to yield oneself to the [[authority]] or will of another : [[surrender]] |
| :b : to [[permit]] oneself to be subjected to something <had to submit to surgery> | | :b : to [[permit]] oneself to be subjected to something <had to submit to surgery> |
| 2: to defer to or [[consent]] to abide by the [[opinion]] or [[authority]] of another | | 2: to defer to or [[consent]] to abide by the [[opinion]] or [[authority]] of another |
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| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| ''Deference'' (also called '''submission''' or [[passivity]]) is the condition of submitting to the espoused, legitimate [[influence]] of one's superior or superiors. Deference implies a yielding or submitting to the [[judgment]] of a recognized superior out of [[respect]] or [[reverence]]. Deference has been [[studied]] extensively by political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists. | | ''Deference'' (also called '''submission''' or [[passivity]]) is the condition of submitting to the espoused, legitimate [[influence]] of one's superior or superiors. Deference implies a yielding or submitting to the [[judgment]] of a recognized superior out of [[respect]] or [[reverence]]. Deference has been [[studied]] extensively by political scientists, sociologists, and psychologists. |