Associations to the word «Genuflect»

Wiktionary

GENUFLECT, verb. (intransitive) To bend the knee, as in servitude or worship
GENUFLECT, verb. (intransitive) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

Dictionary definition

GENUFLECT, verb. Bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image.
GENUFLECT, verb. Bend the knees and bow in a servile manner.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn