Genuflection

(n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship.

Thesaurus Entries

bend, bending the knee, bob, bow, bowing and scraping, crouch, curtsy, dipping the colors, duck, homage, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, making a leg, nod, obeisance, obsequiousness, presenting arms, prostration, reverence, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, servility, squat, standing at attention, stoop, submission, submissiveness, supination