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