Anagrams of DEFERENCE

• a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard

• courteous regard for people's feelings

• a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

• someone skilled at fencing

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• a dealer in stolen property

• enclose with a fence

• receive stolen goods

• fight with fencing swords

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• have an argument about something

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

• a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

• an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening

• someone who consumes food for nourishment

• a branch that flows into the main stream

• a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material

• an outdoor device that supplies food for wild birds

• an animal that feeds on a particular source of food

• a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and manganese

• a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water

• one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind

• lower and bring partially inboard

• roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area

• reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef