genuflect

intr.v., -flect·ed, -flect·ing, -flects.

1. To bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor or ground, as in worship.
2. To be servilely respectful or deferential; grovel.

[Late Latin genūflectere : Latin genū, knee + Latin flectere, to bend.]

genuflection gen'u·flec'tion (-flĕk'shən) n.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

Meaning #2: bend the knees and bow in a servile manner
  Synonyms: scrape, kowtow

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gøre knæfald, falde på knæ

Nederlands (Dutch)
knielen (m.n. in gebed/ uit respect)

Français (French)
v. intr. - faire une génuflexion

Deutsch (German)
v. - niederknien, das/die Knie beugen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - γονατίζω, κλίνω το γόνυ, υποκλίνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
inginocchiarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ajoelhar

Русский (Russian)
преклонять колена

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - hacer una genuflexión, doblar la rodilla

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - knäböja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
曲膝, 屈服, 跪

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 曲膝, 屈服, 跪

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 경의를 표하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 片ひざをつく, 追従する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحني الركبه احتراما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮קד, כרע ברך, בייחוד בעת תפילה או כנתינת כבוד‬

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