obeisance (Meaning)
obeisance (n)
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person
obeisance (n.)
Obedience.
A manifestation of obedience; an expression of difference or respect; homage; a bow; a courtesy.
Synonyms & Antonyms of obeisance
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- yielding
- acquiescence
- obedience
- capitulation
- beck
- adoration
- compliance
- salaam
- obsequiousness
- subservience
- submission
- worship
- surrender
- deference
- curtsy
Antonyms:
- brickbat
- waywardness
- contrariness
- dig
- sarcasm
- naughtiness
- self-will
- frowardness
- personality
- dart
- dig
- noncompliance
- willfulness
- insubordination
- stubbornness
- offense
- barb
- misbehavior
- willfulness
- recalcitrance
- stubbornness
- intractability
- recalcitrance
- obstinacy
- dissent
- perversity
- brickbat
- barb
- noncompliance
- recusancy
- self-will
- waywardness
- cut
- rebelliousness
- mischievousness
- poke
- dart
- recusancy
- slur
- contrariness
- mischievousness
- disobedience
- misbehavior
- naughtiness
- refractoriness
- dissent
- cut
- slur
- rebellion
- contumacy
- offense
- rebellion
- intractability
- disobedience
- unruliness
- perversity
- contumacy
- dis
- sarcasm
- obstinacy
- poke
- rebelliousness
- personality
- dis
- unruliness
- frowardness
- refractoriness
- insubordination
Synonyms:
- abidance
- veneration
- modesty
- humility
- subordinateness
- meekness
- servility
- tractability
- conformity
- glorification
- subordination
- deification
- bob
- dutifulness
- dop
- slavishness
- agreeability
- docility
- subserviency
- honor
- amenability
Antonyms:
- mutiny
- insurgence
- balkiness
- dissidence
- put-down
- gird
- obstreperousness
- put-down
- rebelling
- mulishness
- insurgency
- obstreperousness
- outbreak
- hardheadedness
- mutinousness
- mulishness
- rebelling
- balkiness
- insurrection
- pigheadedness
- revolt
- insurrection
- mutinousness
- hardheadedness
- insurgency
- gird
- obstinateness
- insurgence
- mutiny
- dissidence
- revolt
- pigheadedness
- obstinateness
- outbreak
obeisance Sentence Examples
- The courtier bowed his head in obeisance to the king.
- As a sign of respect, the Japanese people often perform obeisance when meeting superiors.
- The humble servant made obeisance to his master.
- With a graceful obeisance, the ballerina thanked the audience for their applause.
- The student showed obeisance to her teacher by asking for guidance.
- The knight dismounted from his horse and made obeisance to the princess.
- As a token of submission, the prisoners knelt in obeisance before their captors.
- The crowd made obeisance to the passing dignitaries.
- The gesture of obeisance is deeply ingrained in Japanese culture.
- The king demanded obeisance from his subjects as a symbol of their loyalty.
FAQs About the word obeisance
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting, the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to a
homage, submissiveness, salute, nod, bow, respect, reverence, yielding, acquiescence, obedience
slight, noncooperation, diss, defiance, offence, impudence, impudence, indignity, diss, disrespect
The courtier bowed his head in obeisance to the king.
As a sign of respect, the Japanese people often perform obeisance when meeting superiors.
The humble servant made obeisance to his master.
With a graceful obeisance, the ballerina thanked the audience for their applause.
