obeisances
Deep bows, curtsies
Obeisances are gestures of respect or submission—bows, curtsies, or similar formal acknowledgments of someone's superior status.
The word appears most often in historical or ceremonial contexts: Courtiers made their obeisances before the throne.
Figuratively, paying obeisance means showing deference to authority, tradition, or convention: The speech paid obeisance to party orthodoxy.
Utter physical or mental depletion
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
- namasteRespectful Indian greeting
- bowRespectful forward inclination
reverence · worship · prayer · devotion · supplication · veneration · adoration · ritual
Respectful forward inclination
- curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
- salaamRespectful Eastern bow
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
court · protocol · etiquette · throne · monarch · nobility · formality · respect
Demeaning self-abasement before another
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
- submissionYielding to another's will
servility · deference · flattery · bootlicking · toadying · cringing · humiliation · obsequiousness
prostration
Utter physical or mental depletion
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
- namasteRespectful Indian greeting
bow · reverence · worship · prayer · devotion · supplication · veneration · adoration · ritual · temple
bow
Respectful forward inclination
- curtsyRespectful knee-bending gesture
- salaamRespectful Eastern bow
- genuflectionKnee-bending act of reverence
deference · court · protocol · etiquette · throne · monarch · nobility · formality · respect · audience
groveling
Demeaning self-abasement before another
- fawningExcessive insincere flattery
- sycophancyObsequious behavior toward authority
- kowtowingSubmissive display of respect
submission · servility · deference · flattery · bootlicking · toadying · cringing · humiliation · obsequiousness · subordination
namaste
Respectful Indian greeting
- kowtowExcessive deference shown physically
- salaamRespectful Eastern bow
- prostrationUtter physical or mental depletion
greeting · tradition · custom · respect · elder · hierarchy · honor · ancestor · ritual · ceremony
obeisancesdefiance
Open resistance to authority
rebellions · insubordination · disobedience · insolence · disrespect
obeisancesdisloyalties
Acts of unfaithfulness
betrayals · treacheries · treasons · defections · desertions
obeisancesarrogance
Excessive self-importance
haughtiness · superciliousness · condescension · lordliness · hauteur