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Verb(1) bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image(2) bend the knees and bow in a servile manner(3) kneel

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(1) Journalists were not the only ones who failed to genuflect before the lessons of history that he worshipped.(2) Maybe this is why he needs to genuflect before the altar of high art.(3) He wants to force federal judges to genuflect to his right-wing beliefs.(4) All of the services genuflect before the requirements for jointness and interoperability.(5) Give me a position, and I'll find you an expert to support it - and not just an expert but one with an institutional affiliation sounding so dignified it could make a nobleman genuflect .(6) Carpenter crossed the carpeted floor of the Cathedral's dark interior and stopped only to genuflect wearily, and daub his fingers in the font once more.(7) politicians had to genuflect to the far left to advance their careers(8) The organization would genuflect to West in every way.(9) Besides, we're at the museum to genuflect , not discuss.(10) Just tell me when to sit, stand, kneel, and genuflect .(11) All too often, gutless reviewers genuflect to u251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu2510major writersu251cu00f6u251cu00e7u251cu00fb, composing fawning reviews that barely hint at how bad the books are.(12) You can bet on football and basketball with drug-dealing bookmakers as long as you bow and scrape and genuflect when called onto the commissioner's carpet.(13) If we continue to genuflect to decentralization as a fundamental criterion for running elections, we make it much harder for such reform efforts to achieve true democracy.(14) She made me genuflect and kiss her topaz ring before entering.(15) The politicians in them wanted to genuflect to democracy, open debate and all the new citizen journalists who seem to wield so much influence these days.(16) Mere mention of the two environmental groups, and the city and provincial officials genuflect .
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(1) genuflect
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1. kowtow
2. scrape


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