obeisance
n . 敬礼,鞠躬,顿首
敬礼,鞠躬,顿首
obeisance n 1 :
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting [
synonym : {
bow }, {
bowing },
{
obeisance }]
2 :
the act of obeying ;
dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person [
synonym : {
obedience }, {
obeisance }]
[
ant : {
disobedience }, {
noncompliance }]
Obeisance \
O *
bei "
sance \,
n . [
F .
ob ['
e ]
issance obedience ,
fr .
ob ['
e ]
issant .
See {
Obey },
and cf . {
Obedience }, {
Abaisance }.]
1 .
Obedience . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Deference or homage ,
or an expression of deference or respect ;
a bow ;
a curtsy .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king . --
1 Kings i .
16 .
[
1913 Webster ]
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obeisance ":
acceptance ,
acquiescence ,
allegiance ,
apple -
polishing ,
ass -
kissing ,
assent ,
backscratching ,
bend ,
bending the knee ,
bob ,
bootlicking ,
bow ,
bowing and scraping ,
brown -
nosing ,
complaisance ,
compliance ,
consent ,
cringing ,
crouch ,
curtsy ,
deference ,
dipping the colors ,
duck ,
fawnery ,
fawning ,
fealty ,
flunkyism ,
footlicking ,
genuflection ,
groveling ,
handshaking ,
homage ,
honor ,
inclination ,
ingratiation ,
insinuation ,
kneeling ,
kowtow ,
loyalty ,
making a leg ,
mealymouthedness ,
nod ,
nonopposal ,
nonopposition ,
nonresistance ,
obedience ,
obsequiousness ,
parasitism ,
passiveness ,
passivity ,
presenting arms ,
prostration ,
resignation ,
resignedness ,
respect ,
respectfulness ,
reverence ,
salaam ,
salutation ,
salute ,
scrape ,
servility ,
sponging ,
squat ,
standing at attention ,
stoop ,
subjection ,
submission ,
submissiveness ,
submittal ,
supination ,
supineness ,
sycophancy ,
timeserving ,
toadeating ,
toadying ,
toadyism ,
truckling ,
tufthunting ,
yielding
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