obeisance

IPA: oʊbˈeɪsʌns

Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.
An obedient attitude.

Examples of "obeisance" in Sentences

March 26th, 2010 at 1: 59 pm tombaker says: obeisance is freedom!
I bow in obeisance: They implemented the classic game Defender … in a favicon.
The kek would sweep inwards as the van roared along the lane; bowing in obeisance.
It was a knee-jerk design modification made in obeisance to the myth that Americans hate hatchbacks.
The business recalls the obeisance to certain Italian gentlemen once required of American presidential candidates.
The business recalls the obeisance to certain Italian gentlemen once required of American presidential candidates, Jenkins wrote, adding:
Consistent with your view that Congressmen pass laws in obeisance with their oath, I assume that those same Congressman did the same when passing broad Commerce Clause legislation.
And the feeling for those he loved survived them, and it is monstrous to represent its unspoken and controlled/[Page xxxiv]/expression in obeisance and gesture as a sign of "agonising remorse."
Thou knowest with what joy I roamed over thy confines, and beheld the universal beauty that then was spread around; how tenderly I whispered through thy flowers, how joyfully I carried up their fragrant odours as a thank-offering to heaven; how merrily I sported on the hills, or taught the branches of thy lofty trees to bow, as in obeisance to Him who made them!