18
bow(verb, get, yield, surrender, depression)
14
genuflect(verb, action, get, bow, kowtow)
12
bend the knee(expression, idiom, action, depression, courtesy)
12
curtsy(action, depression, courtesy, submission, genuflect)
10
grovel(verb, action, yield, surrender, submit)
10
stoop(verb, action, get, yield, depression)
9
prostrate oneself(verb, expression, idiom, action, get)
8
bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, action, court)
7
kowtow(verb, get, yield, surrender, submit)
6
cringe(verb, yield, surrender, submit, bend)
5
cower(verb, yield, depression, submit, bend)
5
crouch(verb, yield, depression, submit, bend)
5
kneeling
4
crawl(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
4
duck(depression, bend, recoil, shrink, quiver)
4
fawn(verb, bow, flatter, serve, court)
4
scrape(verb, yield, submit, jolly, courtesy)
3
bob(depression, genuflect)
3
bend(depression, bow, stoop, squat, crouch)
3
bow down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, get, surrender)
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