"treated with deference" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English
It means to be shown respect, admiration, or courtesy. Example: She was always treated with deference by her colleagues due to her years of experience and expertise in the field.
Captured by the Spanish, he was at first treated with deference.
There the leaders were treated with deference, the fascists hoping to gain support for the Axis.
Even Jerry Lewis was treated with deference by Eddie Murphy, who didn't even try to make the audience laugh.
Rich and poor high school athletes have been treated with deference by parents, coaches and college admissions officers.
American government officials said one of the people in the group was tall and was being treated with deference by those around him.
Throughout the conference, Adelson was treated with deference, reflected in his place in the receiving line, his addressing the conference, and his seat next to President Peres.
Hameed kept clear of the cash and was treated with "respect and deference" by the rest of the group, despite only being in his twenties.
Unfortunately, that hasn't been happening: the purveyors of hate have been treated with respect, even deference, by the G.O.P. establishment.
Here he is on the big screen, the notorious white rapper whose celebrity is treated with such deference here by modish liberal opinion - deference which has, I always think, a touch of Neville Chamberlain about it.
The reversal -- and other shifts -- baffles the American architect, who is usually treated with more deference.
Long accustomed to being treated with exquisite deference by South Africa, Mr. Mugabe is not going quietly.
