8
sag(noun, verb, stop, hold, drop)
8
surrender(verb, stop, give, withdraw, agree)
7
reverence(noun, honor, respect, courtesy, worship)
7
cave(verb, break, drop, go, fail)
7
genuflection(noun, action, honor, turn, respect)
7
bowsprit(noun, head, front, nose, forepart)
7
circle(noun, change, turn, twist, shift)
7
comply(verb, agree, lower, yield, surrender)
7
cower(verb, yield, depression, submit, bend)
7
dip(noun, verb, move, drop, decline)
7
fawn(noun, verb, agree, yield, submit)
7
flex(verb, twist, bend, round, lean)
7
fore(noun, top, head, forward, front)
7
front(noun, part, top, head, forward)
7
inclination(noun, bend, signal, pitch, incline)
7
inflect(verb, twist, bend, bulge, veer)
7
sweep(noun, verb, turn, bend, loop)
6
bend the knee(expression, idiom, depression, courtesy, servility)
6
bow down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, surrender, bend)
6
buckle(noun, verb, break, drop, give)
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