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: March 25, 2024
\JEN-yuh-flekt\ verb
What It Means
To genuflect is to kneel, or nearly kneel, on one knee and then rise again in worship or as an act of respect. In figurative use, genuflect means "to be humbly obedient or respectful."
// Churchgoers genuflected before the altar.
// The politician was criticized for genuflecting to corporate interests.
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