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deferential, considerate, attentive, appreciative, courteous, polite, civil, admiring, reverent, revering, reverencing, attending, upholding, regarding, valuing, venerating, taking thought for, recognizing, deferring to, showing respect for, regardful, dutiful; see also polite 1.

Antonyms rude*, impudent, contemptuous.

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