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genuflect
gen·u·flect [ jénnyə flèkt ] (past and past participle gen·u·flect·ed, present participle gen·u·flect·ing, 3rd person present singular gen·u·flects)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. kneel: to bend the right knee to the floor and rise again as a gesture of religious respect, especially in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church
2. show excessive respect: to show undeserved or unnecessarily deferential respect for somebody or something
[Mid-19th century. < ecclesiastical Latin genuflectere "bend the knee" < Latin genu "knee" + flectere "bend"]

gen·u·flec·tion [ jènnyə fléksh'n ] noun
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