Reverence

Quick meaning: Reverence is a noun meaning Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

Meaning

Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.

More Meanings

1. An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
2. The state of being revered.
3. A form of address for some members of the clergy.
4. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
5. (transitive) To show or feel reverence to.

Example Sentences

Your Reverence

I reverence every precept / And promise in Thy word

Thou hast so wrong'd mine innocent child and me That I am forced to lay my reverence by.

August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.

Word Forms

• reverences
• reverencing
• reverenced

Synonyms for reverence

Depending on context, synonyms include honour, venerate, veneration, awe, fear, revere.

Antonyms for reverence

Common opposites include contempt, blasphemy, profanity, irreverence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include venerate, revere, veneration, awe, fear, honourable.

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