Some of the borough's State Assembly members are either remaining neutral or backing the candidacy of Mr. Lieberman, the Connecticut senator, partly out of deference to Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the State Assembly and a Democrat who is heading the Lieberman campaign in New York.
In deference to aesthetic sensibilities, the speakers were tastefully concealed behind panels of red burlap, through which the sound emanated.
For Democrats, the speaker's deference to Mr. Trump is the stuff of ridicule — and a constitutional dereliction of duty by the man three steps from the presidency.
So in deference to New Media, the first speaker of this conference jumped right into the idea that everything is changing right now.
But the noisiest recent row over religion on campus exploded in mid-December when it emerged that Universities UK (UUK), an umbrella agency representing British universities, apparently accepted the idea, in certain circumstances, of segregating audiences by sex in deference to the wishes of conservative Muslim speakers.
-- Trump is showing surprising deference to his top political adversary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as he feels pressure to fulfill another signature election promise — approval of a revised trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
When it was sent to the House, Speaker John A. Boehner killed it in deference to his party's hard-right wing.
"The speaker said he would propose an alternative, so partly out of deference to him and to take a look at it, we decided to wait and not act today," said John McArdle, a spokesman for Mr. Bruno.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and other Assembly Democrats have remained neutral out of deference to their old friend Mr. Tocci, who is still the nominee of the Republicans and three smaller parties.
Why? Deference to power".
Perhaps out of deference to the club?
