The act of bending the knees in worship or reverence.

synonym: genuflection.

Roget 308: lowering etc. v.; depression; dip etc. (concavity) 252; abasement; detrusion^†; reduction.    overthrow, overset^†, overturn; upset; prostration, subversion, precipitation.    bow; courtesy, curtsy; genuflexion^†, genuflection, kowtow, obeisance, salaam.    ... show more

Roget 725: submission, yielding; nonresistance; obedience etc. 743.    surrender, cession, capitulation, resignation; backdown^†.    obeisance, homage, kneeling, genuflexion^†, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, prostration.    ... show more

Dutch: kniebuiging, knieval