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obeisance
 
Noun obeisance has 2 senses
  1. bow, bowing, obeisance - bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
    --1 is a kind of gesture, motion
    --1 has particulars:
     curtsy, curtsey; genuflection, genuflexion; kowtow, kotow; scrape, scraping; salaam
  2. obedience, obeisance - the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
    --2 is a kind of submission, compliance
    --2 has particulars: truckling
    Derived form: verb obey1
obedience obedience over sacrifice obedience plant obedience without a course obedient obedient employee obedient plant obediently obeisance obeisant obelia obelige obelion obelisk obelism obelize obelized

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