GENUFLECT
- To genuflect is to kneel, or nearly kneel, on one knee and then rise again in worship or as an act of respect. In figurative use, genuflect means "to be humbly obedient or respectful."
- to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- to bend the knee
- touch the knee to the floor or ground especially in worship
- be servilely obedient or respectful
- to bend the knee and lower the body, esp in reverence [v -ED, -ING, -S]