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genuflection

ge·nuf·lec·tion

uncommon

noun

1.

the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

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Origin

Borrowed from Latin genuflexio, though with standardized spelling. By surface analysis, genuflect (“to bend the knee”) + -ion (Latinate abstract-noun suffix).

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