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:
- subservience
- salaam
- obsequiousness
- beck
- deference
- acquiescence
- adoration
- worship
- compliance
- capitulation
- obedience
- curtsy
- surrender
- yielding
- submission
Antonyms:
- perversity
- obstinacy
- dissent
- dissent
- waywardness
- mischievousness
- unruliness
- perversity
- willfulness
- brickbat
- brickbat
- contrariness
- rebelliousness
- poke
- frowardness
- misbehavior
- dart
- recusancy
- barb
- dart
- recusancy
- slur
- dis
- contrariness
- poke
- self-will
- rebelliousness
- insubordination
- personality
- waywardness
- refractoriness
- self-will
- cut
- noncompliance
- disobedience
- intractability
- rebellion
- insubordination
- noncompliance
- misbehavior
- slur
- contumacy
- mischievousness
- dig
- dig
- contumacy
- sarcasm
- frowardness
- stubbornness
- cut
- disobedience
- recalcitrance
- naughtiness
- intractability
- naughtiness
- refractoriness
- offense
- sarcasm
- offense
- obstinacy
- personality
- willfulness
- recalcitrance
- unruliness
- dis
- barb
- stubbornness
- rebellion
Synonyms:
- amenability
- meekness
- modesty
- docility
- dutifulness
- conformity
- slavishness
- agreeability
- dop
- subordination
- humility
- abidance
- deification
- subserviency
- servility
- bob
- subordinateness
- glorification
- tractability
- honor
- veneration
Antonyms:
- rebelling
- hardheadedness
- hardheadedness
- revolt
- mutiny
- obstreperousness
- rebelling
- mulishness
- pigheadedness
- insurgence
- balkiness
- dissidence
- insurgency
- insurrection
- outbreak
- put-down
- put-down
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- mutinousness
- insurgency
- insurgence
- mulishness
- mutinousness
- outbreak
- mutiny
- dissidence
- gird
- revolt
- balkiness
- gird
- insurrection
- pigheadedness
- obstinateness
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
reverence, submissiveness, respect, nod,homage, salute, bow, subservience, salaam, obsequiousness
diss, slap, affront, rudeness, name, noncooperation, affront, insolence, name, epithet
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.
