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genuflection n. 曲膝,屈服 曲膝,屈服 genuflection n 1: the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [ synonym: { genuflection}, { genuflexion}] genuflection \ gen` u* flec" tion\, genuflexion \ gen` u* flex" ion\, n. [ F. g[' e] nuflexion, fr. LL. genuflexio, fr. L. genu knee flexio a bending, fr. flectere, flexum, to bend. See { Knee}, { Flexible}.] The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship or reverence. -- Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " genuflection": bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, crouch, curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop, submission, submissiveness, supination
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