overdeference

Etymology

From over- + deference.

overdeference means Excessive deference. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

Excessive deference.“When the question of expulsion was agitated, Lord Finch stepped forward and made attempts to speak in Steele's behalf, but being embarrassed by modesty and overdeference to an assembly in which he had not yet been accustomed to hold forth, he sat down in visible confusion, saying so as to be over hear, "It is strange I can't speak for this man, though I could readily fight for him."”