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Respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your body.

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  • During his obeisance to the queen, he heard his pants rip and could not help but wish for a distracting herd of buffalo to stampede into the great hall.
  • Noun : The nobles gave obeisance to the new king
  • March 26th, 2010 at 1: 59 pm tombaker says: obeisance is freedom!
  • I bow in obeisance: They implemented the classic game Defender … in a favicon.
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