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