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   genuflect

   /ˈdʒɛnjʊflɛkt/

   verb

   • 1. lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground, typically in worship or as a sign of respect.
   • ▪ show deference or servility: "her party still genuflects to her, and a core within it reflexively venerates her"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (in the sense ‘bend (the knee’)): from ecclesiastical Latin genuflectere, from Latin genu ‘knee’ + flectere ‘to bend’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. genuflection noun
   • 2. genuflector noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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