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def·er·ent¹ (d

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adj.

Showing deference; deferential.

def·er·ent² (d

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adj.

1. Anatomy Carrying down or away. Used of a duct or vessel.

2. Serving or adapted to carry or transport.

[Middle English defferent, from Latin dferns, dferent-, present participle of dferre, to carry away; see defer².]

deferent¹

adj

another word for deferential

deferent²

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) (esp of a bodily nerve, vessel, or duct) conveying an impulse, fluid, etc., outwards, down, or away; efferent

(Astronomy) Astronomy (in the Ptolemaic system) a circle centred on the earth around which the centre of the epicycle was thought to move

[from Latin dēferre; see defer²]

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Adj.

deferent - showing deference

deferential, regardful

respectful - full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"

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