🔄 Synonyms of "Genuflect"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Genuflect"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| kowtowverb | (figuratively) To grovel, act in a very submissive manner; to show obeisance to (someone or something) in such a manner; to bow. |
| scrapeverb | (ambitransitive) To draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure. |
| kneelverb | (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position. |
| kneeleverb | Obsolete form of kneel. [(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.] |
| obleegeverb | (archaic, nonstandard) To oblige. |
| homagenoun | (countable, uncountable) A demonstration of respect, as towards a person after his or her retirement or death. |
| thignoun | (ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge. |
| dance attendanceverb | (archaic, idiomatic) To wait obsequiously (on or upon someone). |
| imbowverb | Obsolete form of embow. [(archaic, ambitransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.] |
| intercessionate | — |
| obtest | (archaic, ambitransitive) To implore, beseech, plead, beg. |
| vesturenoun | A covering of, or like, clothing. |
| oblatenoun | (Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community. |
| obeyethverb | (archaic) third-person singular present simple form of obey |
| maundnoun | A wicker basket. |
| stoupnoun | A receptacle for holy water, especially a basin set at the entrance of a church. |
| lacqueynoun | Archaic form of lackey. [A footman, a liveried male servant.] |
| bow down before the porcelain godverb | (idiomatic, humorous) Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”). |
| prayverb | (religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc. |
| salutenoun | An utterance or gesture expressing greeting or honor towards someone, (now especially) a formal, non-verbal gesture made with the arms or hands in any of various specific positions. |
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