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genuflection

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Main Entry: genuflection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bow

Synonyms:

angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning
Main Entry: bow
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bend from waist

Synonyms:

angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, flection, flexure, genuflection, inclination, kowtow, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, turning

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: gesture
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: motion as communication

Synonyms:

action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuflection, gesticulation, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink
Notes: gesticulate and gesture are based on Latin gerere 'bear, carry, perform' and gesticulation is more exaggerated than a gesture, often involving flailing; originally, a person's gesture was their 'bearing' or the way they 'carried' themselves

Antonyms:

speech
Main Entry: homage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: devotion, admiration

Synonyms:

adoration, adulation, allegiance, awe, deference, duty, esteem, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, genuflection, honor, kneeling, loyalty, obeisance, praise, respect, reverence, service, tribute, worship

Antonyms:

dishonor, disloyalty, disrespect, faithlessness, scorn, treachery
Main Entry: obeisance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: salutation

Synonyms:

allegiance, bending of the knee, bow, curtsy, deference, fealty, genuflection, homage, honor, kowtow, loyalty, praise, respect, reverence, salaam

Antonyms:

bad manners, disobedience, disregard, disrespect
Main Entry: reverence
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: high opinion of something

Synonyms:

admiration, adoration, apotheosis, approbation, approval, awe, bow, deference, deification, devotion, devoutness, esteem, fealty, fear, genuflection, high esteem, homage, honor, love, loyalty, obeisance, obsequiousness, piety, praise, prostration, religiousness, respect, veneration, worship

Antonyms:

disdain, disregard, disrespect, scorn
Main Entry: worship
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: honoring, glorification

Synonyms:

adoration, adulation, awe, beatification, benediction, chapel, church service, deification, devotion, exaltation, genuflection, glory, homage, honor, idolatry, idolization, invocation, laudation, love, offering, praise, prayer, prostration, regard, respect, reverence, rite, ritual, service, supplication, veneration, vespers
Main Entry: gesticulation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gesture

Synonyms:

action, body language, bow, curtsy, expression, genuflection, high sign, indication, intimation, kinesics, mime, motion, nod, pantomime, reminder, salute, shrug, sign, sign language, signal, token, wave, wink
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Worship.
Category: 4. Acts of religion

Synonyms:

-nouns
worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration., prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition (request); collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster; beadroll; latria, dulia, hyperdulia, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal., thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah; Te Deum, non nobis Domine, nunc dimittis; paean; benschen; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus, The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion., psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon, antiphony., oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory., discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting., divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong, tierce; holyday (rites)., worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.
-verbs
worship, lift up the heart, aspire; revere; adore, do service, pay homage; humble oneself, kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee; fall down, fall on one's knees; prostrate oneself, bow down and worship., pray, invoke, supplicate; put up, offer up prayers, offer petitions; beseech (ask); say one's prayers, tell one's beads., return thanks, give thanks; say grace, bless, praise, laud, glorify, magnify, sing praises; give benediction, lead the choir, intone; deacon, deacon off [U.S.], propitiate, offer sacrifice, fast, deny oneself; vow, offer vows, give alms,, work out one's salvation; go to church; attend service, attend mass; communicate (rite).
-adjectives
worshipping; devout, devotional, reverent, pure, solemn; fervid (heartfelt).
-phrases
"making their lives a prayer" [Whitter]; ora et labora; "prayers ardent open heaven" [Young].
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