obeisance
Example Sentences
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His “gruff” father had little time for such infantilizing obeisance and would resist as best he could.
But the demands for obeisance from everyone around him, foreign and domestic, aren't new.
From Salon
But “Saturday Night” and the “Ghostbusters” reboots show an obeisance to his father’s legacy that represents a step backward.
From Los Angeles Times
The “Puja” ceremony required participants to “make obeisance” to one of the Hindu deities and invite those deities “to channel their powers through those present” for the ceremonies, the news release said.
From Washington Times
What I love, and the WGA building does this too, is how they pay a flash of obeisance to this idea on the surface while undermining it in their geometry.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
