Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase defer to authority.
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1. submit
2. yield
3. acquiesce
4. comply
5. capitulate
6. concede
7. accede
8. accept
9. accord
10. adhibit
11. admission
12. admit
13. admitting
14. advene
15. agree
16. alloo
17. allow
18. allow for
19. clear
20. conceder
21. conciliate
22. condescend
23. enable
24. fess
25. give
26. grant
27. have
28. metoo
29. own
30. own up
31. permit
32. receive
33. sieve
34. swallow
35. take responsibility
36. tolerate
37. vouchsafe
38. acceder

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