Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: defer to

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Usage examples:

Because state law defines the standard of care, legislation can refine this standard for pediatric gender dysphoria, which would obviate the need for judges to defer to politicized medical institutions.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/how-to-regulate-pediatric-gender-medicine

In a region where women are equated to children and are expected to defer to their sons, clans are neither eager to be led by a woman nor front a woman for political leadership.

Source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/03/first-ever-women-council-elders-making-roads-north-eastern-kenya/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-ever-women-council-elders-making-roads-north-eastern-kenya

I notice in myself the same prejudices and have always tended to defer to tall, good-looking men and assume they were in charge.

Source: https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/12/15/southwest-has-new-policy-for-the-super-fat-passenger-n599091

No one is denying Sky’s right to argue for audience maximisation but it’s the role of SPL to argue on behalf of all its member clubs not just the most powerful and not just shrug its shoulders and defer to the broadcaster.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/sport/opinion/23809264.stuart-cosgrove-scottish-footballs-fight-relevance/?ref=rss

So I think I would first of all defer to scholars of genocide who understand the legal implications and the legal understandings of that term better than me.

Source: https://truthout.org/articles/the-real-origins-of-the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestine-began-long-before-1948/

When defendants finally get to court, judges often defer to the expertise of the administrative law judge and refuse to question the facts those “experts” have established.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/02/18/the-deck-is-stacked-in-favor-of-government-agencies-thats-a-threat-to-the-rights-of-all-americans/