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==Origin==

==Origin==

[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''

[https://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]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

 

==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

==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.