bows down
- kneelsBends legs to ground
- prostratesLies flat in submission
- worshipsShows religious devotion toward
- submitsYields to authority
- genuflectsBends knee in reverence
reverence · humble · devotion · prayer · altar · throne · supplicate · homage · obeisance · curtsy · kowtow · surrender · venerate · adore · genuflection · lowered · stooped · subservient
physical posture
bows downstands tall
Exhibits upright pride
rises up · raises up · gets up · rears up · towers over
deference and respect
bows downdefies
Openly resists or challenges
disrespects · scorns · dismisses · mocks · insults
yielding vs. resisting
bows downstands up to
Opposes without retreating
resists · defies · revolts · challenges · opposes