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