genuflection
One knee down
Genuflection is the act of bending one knee to the ground as a gesture of reverence or worship.
The practice is common in Catholic churches, where worshippers genuflect before entering a pew or passing the altar.
By extension, genuflection describes any act of exaggerated deference or submission: His speech was pure genuflection to the party leadership.
Lowering onto bent legs
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
salaam · obeisance · bending · lowering · dip · inclination · stoop · crouch
Lowering onto bent legs
- altarSacred ritual table
- pewWorship hall seating
- MassCatholic worship service
- EucharistSacramental bread and wine
tabernacle · sanctuary · reverence · piety · devotion · Catholic · liturgy · sacrament
Yielding to another's will
- respectRegard with honor
- obeisanceGesture of reverence
- homageExpression of deep respect
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
humility · meekness · servility · obedience · fealty · allegiance · loyalty · deference
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- knightingConferring knighthood formally
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
protocol · court · nobility · sovereign · royal · throne · formal · procession
kneeling
Lowering onto bent legs
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
kowtow · salaam · obeisance · bending · lowering · dip · inclination · stoop · crouch · nod
kneeling
Lowering onto bent legs
Eucharist · tabernacle · sanctuary · reverence · piety · devotion · Catholic · liturgy · sacrament · communion
submission
Yielding to another's will
honor · humility · meekness · servility · obedience · fealty · allegiance · loyalty · deference · subordination
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- knightingConferring knighthood formally
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
enthronement · protocol · court · nobility · sovereign · royal · throne · formal · procession · pageantry
- CatholicismVatican, cardinals, pope, Holy Communion, popes
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- greetingshi, hello, hey, hola, aloha
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- ritualsritual, rite, ceremony, sacrament, blessing
genuflectionstanding tall
Remaining proudly upright
standing upright · rising · standing · upright posture · getting up
genuflectiondefiance
Open resistance to authority
insubordination · rebellion · irreverence · disrespect · contempt