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Obeisance

Obeisance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obeisance? [n] the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [n] bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obeisance: bow \| bowing \| obedience Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obeisance: acceptance \| acquiescence \| allegiance \| apple-polishing \| assent \| ass-kissing \| backscratching \| bend \| bending the knee \| bob \| bootlicking \| bow \| bowing and scraping \| brown-nosing \| complaisance \| compliance \| consent \| cringing \| crouch \| curtsy \| deference \| dipping the colors \| duck \| fawnery \| fawning \| fealty \| flunkyism \| footlicking \| genuflection \| groveling \| handshaking \| homage \| honor \| inclination \| ingratiation \| insinuation \| kneeling \| kowtow \| loyalty \| making a leg \| mealymouthedness \| nod \| nonopposal \| nonopposition \| nonresistance \| obedience \| obsequiousness \| parasitism \| passiveness \| passivity \| presenting arms \| prostration \| resignation \| resignedness \| respect \| respectfulness \| reverence \| salaam \| salutation \| salute \| scrape \| servility \| sponging \| squat \| standing at attention \| stoop \| subjection \| submission \| submissiveness \| submittal \| supination \| supineness \| sycophancy \| timeserving \| toadeating \| toadying \| toadyism \| truckling \| tufthunting \| yielding See Also \| compliance \| curtsey \| curtsy \| genuflection \| genuflexion \| gesture \| kotow \| kowtow \| motion \| salaam \| scrape \| scraping \| submission \| truckling Obeisance In Webster's Dictionary \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr. ob['e]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.] 1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy. Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1 Kings i. 16.

Obeisance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obeisance?

[n] the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
[n] bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obeisance: bow | bowing | obedience

Obeisance In Webster's Dictionary

\O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
ob['e]issant. See {Obey}, and cf. {Obedience}, {Abaisance}.]
1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference
   or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.

         Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
                                               Kings i. 16.

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