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