GENUFLECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genuflection mean? 

• GENUFLECTION (noun)
  The noun GENUFLECTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

  Familiarity information: GENUFLECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUFLECTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

genuflection; genuflexion

Hypernyms ("genuflection" is a kind of...):

bow; bowing; obeisance (bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting)

Derivation:

genuflect (bend the knees and bow in a servile manner)

genuflect (bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image)