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