defer to (?.)
- accord respect to
- admire
- adore
- apotheosize
- appreciate
- attend to orders
- bow to
- comply
- conform
- deify
- entertain respect for
- esteem
- exalt
- favor
- follow the book
- give way to
- harken to
- heed
- hero-worship
- hold in esteem
- hold in reverence
- honor
- idolize
- keep
- knuckle under to
- listen to
- look up to
- mark
- mind
- obey
- obey the rules
- observe
- prize
- regard
- respect
- revere
- reverence
- stay in line
- submit
- submit to
- succumb to
- take orders
- think highly of
- think much of
- think well of
- toe the line
- value
- venerate
- worship
- yield to