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   O·bei·sance

   /ōˈbās(ə)ns/

   

   noun

   • 1. deferential respect: "they paid obeisance to the Prince" Similar respecthomageworshipadorationreverencevenerationrespectfulnesshonorsubmissiondeference
   • ▪ a gesture expressing deferential respect, such as a bow or curtsy: "she made a deep obeisance" Similar bowcurtsybobgenuflectionsalaamsalutationnamaskarhistorical:kowtowarchaic:reverence

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘obedience’): from Old French obeissance, from obeissant ‘obeying’, present participle of obeir.

   Derivatives

   • 1. obeisant adjective

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