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for Genuflection
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
genuflection \gen`u*flec"tion\, genuflexion \gen`u*flex"ion\, n.
[F. g['e]nuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee +
flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See Knee,
Flexible.]
The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship or
reverence. --Bp. Stillingfleet.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
genuflection
n 1: the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [syn:
genuflection, genuflexion]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
31 Moby Thesaurus words for "genuflection":
bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, crouch,
curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling,
kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness,
presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation,
salute, scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop,
submission, submissiveness, supination
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