kneeling down
- genuflectingBending the knee reverently
- bowingBending forward in deference
- prostrateLying fully extended
- crouchingBending low, knees bent
- stoopingBending body forward
prayer · worship · submission · reverence · humility · supplication · begging · proposing · altar · pew · cushion · floor · knees · bended · lowering · humble · devotion · surrender
body position/posture
kneeling downstanding up
Assuming vertical posture
standing · rising up · rising · standing tall · upright
symbolic gesture/social meaning
kneeling downstanding tall
Remaining proudly upright
standing one's ground · looking down on · standing at attention