obeisance
noun /əʊˈbeɪsns/
/əʊˈbiːsns/
(formal)- [uncountable] respect for somebody/something; the quality of being willing to obey somebody
- to make/pay obeisance to somebody
- The general commands absolute obeisance.
- [countable] the act of bending your head or the upper part of your body in order to show respect for somebody/something
- to make a deep/low obeisance
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘obedience’): from Old French obeissance, from obeissant ‘obeying’, present participle of obeir.