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gen⋅u⋅flec⋅tion

  [jen-yoo-flek-shuhn]
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–noun
an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
Also, especially British, gen⋅u⋅flex⋅ion.

Origin:
1520–30; < ML genūflexiōn- (s. of genūflexiō). See genuflect, -ion
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