acceptance, bending the knee, consent, fawning, honor, mealymouthedness, passiveness, reverence, standing at attention, sycophancy
Definitionn. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
Last update: October 24, 2016
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First, the Queen 's mother was a saint, and her funeral allowed a willing nation to pay obeisance to that fact. [noun]
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Carne made a low obeisance, retired a little, and stood hat in hand, until it should please the other man to speak. [noun]
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Heatherstone advanced and made his obeisance, and then his daughter was led forward, and introduced by a lady unknown to Edward. [noun]
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The old forester made his obeisance. [noun]
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Patience colored a little, but did not attempt to withdraw it, and Edward, with a low obeisance, quitted the room. [noun]
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The king rose in his stirrups, and made a low obeisance to the window where they were standing. [noun]
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The old man made another obeisance, and before his master left him, said: "I came here under the protection of Phanes, the former commander of the Greek mercenaries." [noun]
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Oroetes made a brief obeisance before this symbol of despotism, and asked: "What does Cambyses wish me to do." [noun]
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Phanes made another deep obeisance, and continued: "We carried the unconscious youth to my carriage, and brought him to the nearest station." [noun]
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Boges made a deep obeisance and left the king's apartment. [noun]
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"Thy servant Oropastes," answered the chief of the Magi, with a low obeisance. [noun]
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