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  1. Out of respect for; in consideration of.
    • In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated. 1957 February 14, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96: