to humble oneself before sb

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• humble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lowly, unassuming, modest (see humility); poor, obscure, paltry, mean. v. t. abase, shame, humiliate. See modesty, obscurity, piety. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Meek] Syn. lowly, submissive, gentle,… …   English dictionary for students

• FORGIVENESS — FORGIVENESS, the act of absolving or pardoning; the state of being pardoned. In the Bible The biblical concept of forgiveness presumes, in its oldest strata, that sin is a malefic force that adheres to the sinner and that forgiveness is the… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• revere — v 1. venerate, worship, honor, reverence, adore, idolize; beatify, sanctify, enshrine, consecrate, hallow, bless, glorify, laud, praise, Archaic. magnify, sing the praises of, offer sacrifice to, burn candles to, send up incense before. 2.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• supplicate — verb /ˈsʌplɪkeɪt/ a) To humble oneself before another in making a request; to beg. b) To plead with ones deity …   Wiktionary

• kowtow — verb 1) they kowtowed to the emperor Syn: prostrate oneself before, bow (down) to/ before, genuflect to/before, do/make obeisance to/before, fall on one s knees before, kneel before 2) she didn t have to kowtow to a boss Syn: grovel to, be… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• bow — I v 1. kneel before, salaam, genuflect, curtsey, nod, bob; prostrate oneself, fall on one s knees, lie prone, throw oneself at the feet of; bend the knee to, bend to, humble oneself to, defer to, stoop, get down. 2. bow and scrape grovel, truckle …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• grovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fawn, creep, cringe; wallow, humble (oneself). See servility, lowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, cringe, fawn, fawn upon, beg, sneak, stoop, kneel, crouch before, truckle, kowtow, implore, toady …   English dictionary for students

• worship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Reverence Nouns 1. worship, adoration, devotion, homage, service; religious rites or observance; respect, reverence, veneration; cult; deification, idolization. See idolatry, gratitude, religion, rite. 2 …   English dictionary for students

• kowtow — v 1. bow, kneel before, salaam, genuflect; prostrate oneself, fall on one s knees, lie prone, throw oneself at the feet of; humble oneself to, defer to, stoop, get down. 2. bow and scrape, grovel, truckle to, fawn; lickspittle, lick [s.o. s]… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• canossa — kəˈnäsə, ˈȯ noun ( s) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Canossa, village in northern Italy where Emperor Henry IV made humble submission to Pope Gregory VII in 1077 : a place or occasion of submission, humiliation, or penance often used …   Useful english dictionary

• Traditional Persian residential architecture — Traditional Persian residential architecture, is the architecture employed by builders and craftsmen in the cultural Greater Iran and the surrounding regions to construct vernacular houses. The art draws from various cultures and elements from… …   Wikipedia