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/əˈbiː.səns/ · noun
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;
But looking upwards in the blaze of the moon I suddenly saw colossi sitting near, and towering up and blotting out the stars and filling the night with blackness; and at those idols’ feet I saw praying and making obeisance kings and the days that are and all times and all cities and all nations and all their gods.
The situation in the case of actions which are non-linguistic but similar to performative utterances in that they are the performance of a conventional action (here ritual or ceremonial) is rather like this: suppose I bow deeply before you; it might not be clear whether I am doing obeisance to you or, say, stooping to observe the flora or to ease my indigestion.
Use obeisance when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Obeisance means Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude..
Common synonyms include bow, bowing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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;
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