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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
genuflection \gen'u*flec"tion\, genuflexion \gen'u*flex"ion\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
genuflection
noun: the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence [syn: {genuflexion}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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