kneel
Bend in reverence
To kneel is to rest on one or both knees, lowering yourself to the ground.
People kneel in prayer, proposal, or submission.
Athletes kneel in protest.
To kneel before someone acknowledges their authority: The knight knelt before the queen.
The past tense is knelt or kneeled.
Address a deity
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- altarSacred ritual table
- pewWorship hall seating
chapel · sanctuary · supplication · meditation · confession · rosary · benediction · vigil
Bend knee reverently
- crouchLow bent-knee stance
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- bendCurve or flex
stoop · prostrate · curtsy · sit · stand · rise · lower · drop
Cease resistance, yield
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- deferDelay or submit
- submitPresent for consideration
capitulate · acquiesce · humble · prostrate · beg · plead · grovel · supplicate
High regard, moral dignity
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- tributeOffering of respect
- homageExpression of deep respect
- venerationProfound admiring respect
deference · obeisance · salute · dignity · esteem · admiration · bow · acknowledge
Honorary title of nobility
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- oathFormal binding promise
pledge · fealty · allegiance · homage · ritual · ordination · blessing · anointing
Commitment to wed or attend
- ringClosed curve shape
- romanticConducive to love
- marriageFormal union between partners
- proposePut forth formally
tradition · ask · partner · moment · surprise · gesture · declaration · love
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- solidarityUnity among allies
- Black Lives MatterCivil rights movement against racist violence
- injusticeDenial of fair treatment
defiance · symbolic · nonviolent · demonstration · awareness · resistance · movement · civil rights
pray
Address a deity
pew · chapel · sanctuary · supplication · meditation · confession · rosary · benediction · vigil · hymn
genuflect
Bend knee reverently
bend · stoop · prostrate · curtsy · sit · stand · rise · lower · drop · sink
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
submit · capitulate · acquiesce · humble · prostrate · beg · plead · grovel · supplicate · implore
honor
High regard, moral dignity
veneration · deference · obeisance · salute · dignity · esteem · admiration · bow · acknowledge · grave
knighthood
Honorary title of nobility
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
oath · pledge · fealty · allegiance · homage · ritual · ordination · blessing · anointing · consecration
engagement
Commitment to wed or attend
propose · tradition · ask · partner · moment · surprise · gesture · declaration · love · commitment
Colin Kaepernick
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- solidarityUnity among allies
- Black Lives MatterCivil rights movement against racist violence
injustice · defiance · symbolic · nonviolent · demonstration · awareness · resistance · movement · civil rights · equality
- downward motionsfall, drop, descend, plunge, sink
- Knight Actionsjoust, charge, duel, slay, defend
- photo directionssmile, pose, look at me, chin up, hold it
- posesstanding pose, sitting pose, seated pose, reclining pose, formal pose
- posture expressionsslouch, slump, hunch, stoop, stand tall
- worshippraying, congregational prayer, adoration, praise God, evening prayer
kneelstand
Upright support structure
stand up · rise · get up · stand tall · tower
kneelstand tall
Maintain dignity under pressure
rise up · stand one's ground · tower over · lord over · dominate
- bend the kneeCeremonial act of submission
- knee padsCushioned joint protectors
- knee deepImmersed to a point
- knee-jerk reactionInstinctive, unconsidered response
- skinned kneeAbraded joint from falling
- knee jerkInvoluntary leg response