kneel to
verb
Roget 725:
succumb,
submit,
yeild,
bend,
resign,
defer to.
lay down one's arms,
deliver up one's arms;
lower colors,
haul down colors,
strike one's flag,
strike colors.
surrender,
surrender at discretion;
cede,
capitulate,
come to terms,
retreat,
beat a retreat;
draw in one's horns
etc.
(humility)
879;
give way,
give round,
give in,
give up;
cave in;
suffer judgment by default;
bend,
bend to one's yoke,
bend before the storm;
reel back;
bend down,
knuckle down,
knuckle to,
knuckle under;
knock under.
eat dirt,
eat the leek,
eat humble pie;
bite the dust,
lick the dust;
be at one's feet,
fall at one's feet;
craven;
crouch before,
throw oneself at the feet of;
swallow the leek,
swallow the pill;
kiss the rod;
turn the other cheek;
avaler les couleuvres [Fr.],
gulp down.
obey
etc.
743;
kneel to,
bow to,
pay homage to,
cringe to,
truckle to;
bend the neck,
bend the knee;
kneel,
fall on one's knees,
bow submission,
courtesy,
curtsy,
kowtow.
pocket the affront;
make the best of,
make a virtue of necessity;
grin and abide,
grin and bear it,
shrug the shoulders,
resign oneself;
submit with a good grace
etc.
(bear with)
826.
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Roget 765:
request,
ask;
beg,
crave,
sue,
pray,
petition,
solicit,
invite,
pop the question,
make bold to ask;
beg leave,
beg a boon;
apply to,
call to,
put to;
call upon,
call for;
make a request,
address a request,
prefer a request,
put up a request,
make a prayer,
address a prayer,
prefer a prayer,
put up a prayer,
make a petition,
address a petition,
prefer a petition,
put up a petition;
make application,
make a requisition;
ask trouble,
ask one for;
claim
etc.
(demand)
741;
offer up prayers
etc.
(worship)
990;
whistle for.
beg hard,
entreat,
beseech,
plead,
supplicate,
implore;
conjure,
adjure;
obtest†;
cry to,
kneel to,
appeal to;
invoke,
evoke;
impetrate†,
imprecate,
ply,
press,
urge,
beset,
importune,
dun,
tax,
clamor for;
cry aloud,
cry for help;
fall on one's knees;
throw oneself at the feet of;
come down on one's marrowbones.
beg from door to door,
send the hat round,
go a begging;
mendicate†,
mump†,
cadge,
beg one's bread.
dance attendance on,
besiege,
knock at the door.
bespeak,
canvass,
tout,
make interest,
court;
seek,
bid for
etc.
(offer)
763;
publish the banns.
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Roget 928:
respect,
regard;
revere,
reverence;
hold in reverence,
honor,
venerate,
hallow;
esteem
etc.
(approve of)
931;
think much of;
entertain respect for,
bear respect for;
look up to,
defer to;
have a high opinion of,
hold a high opinion of;
pay attention,
pay respect
etc.
n..
to;
do honor to,
render honor to;
do the honors,
hail;
show courtesy
etc.
894;
salute,
present arms;
do homage to,
pay homage to;
pay tribute to,
kneel to,
bow to,
bend the knee to;
fall down before,
prostrate oneself,
kiss the hem of one's garment;
worship
etc.
990.
keep one's distance,
make room,
observe due decorum,
stand upon ceremony.
command respect,
inspire respect;
awe,
inspire awe,
impose,
overawe,
dazzle.
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Moby thesaurus: adjure, appeal, appeal to, beg, bend, bend the neck, bend to, beseech, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, call for help, call on, call upon, clamor for, conjure, crave, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, cry for, cry on, cry to, curtsy, do homage, do obeisance, entreat, genuflect, grovel, impetrate, implore, imprecate, invoke, knuckle to, kowtow, obtest, plead, plead for, pray, run to, stoop, supplicate, truckle to ... show more.
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