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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting;
[syn: bow, bowing, obeisance]

2. the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with respect to another person;
[syn: obedience, obeisance]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Obeisance \O*bei"sance\, n. [F. ob['e]issance obedience, fr.
   ob['e]issant. See Obey, and cf. Obedience, Abaisance.]
   1. Obedience. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. Deference or homage, or an expression of deference or
      respect; a bow; a curtsy.
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            Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance unto the king. --1
                                                  Kings i. 16.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

obeisance
    n 1: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
         submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing,
         obeisance]
    2: the act of obeying; dutiful or submissive behavior with
       respect to another person [syn: obedience, obeisance]
       [ant: disobedience, noncompliance]