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