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• n  the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence

• Also on the plus side: there were no apologies, no genuflection toward the official Russian point of view on NATO expansion or the missile shield.
• The Obama Administration's public response to the launch was a genuflection to the obvious: any thought of directly engaging Pyongyang has been set aside, at least for now.
• When the service did start, it was far from the austere, silent genuflection associated with Sunni prayer.

• genuflexion

News & Articles

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• Star Spotting: Rihanna's 'Pour It Up' Video Photos Are A Ratchet Fantasia Of Wet, See-Through Lingerie And Blonde ...
  Pretty sure Rihanna's the only person who can look bangin' while mid- squat. We're used to Rihanna photos eliciting reactions that range from unsurprised: "Oh! A weed fairy!"; to divine genuflection: "Oh! She's the most gorgeous creation on Earth!"; to the profane: "Oh. Is that a penis purse? But Rihanna's new "Pour It Up" video […]
  Sept. 30, 2013 - MTV

Quotes

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• Tony Abbott in Sydney Morning Herald
  ...annoyed at Kevin Rudd's acknowledgment of "traditional" owners at a Australian Medical Association dinner in Canberra last week, Abbott told the Adelaide Advertiser the Prime Minister's action was a "kind of genuflection to political...