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obeisance

noun
/əˈbiː.səns//əʊˈbeɪ.səns/UK/oʊˈbeɪ.səns/US

Etymology

From Middle English obeisaunce (“obedience, obeisance”), from Old French obeïssance, derived from obeïssant (“obedient”), participle of obeïr (“to obey”), from Latin oboediō, obēdiō; ob- (“to, for”) + audiō (“to hear”). Cognate with obedience.

  1. derived from oboediō
  2. derived from obeissance
  3. inherited from obeisaunce

Definitions

  1. Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply

    Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.

    • In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore; / Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;

  2. An obedient attitude.

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Derived

non-obeisance

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