7
reverence(noun, honor, respect, courtesy, salutation)
7
submit(verb, agree, lower, yield, surrender)
6
defer(verb, agree, lower, yield, surrender)
6
homage(noun, honor, respect, bow, salutation)
6
kneeling(noun, courtesy, bow, submission, curtsy)
6
kotow(noun, courtesy)
6
prostrate(verb, surrender, submit, bow, court)
6
prostration(noun, bow, submission)
6
salute(noun, verb, respect, courtesy, greet)
5
bow and scrape(verb, expression, idiom, court, beg)
5
brownnose(verb, phrasal verb, support, yield, informal)
5
cajole(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
5
court(verb, draw, yield, submit, jolly)
5
creep(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
5
stoop(verb, agree, yield, surrender, acknowledge)
5
suck up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, slang)
4
brown-nose(verb, flatter, court, beg, creep)
4
butter up(verb, expression, draw, yield, submit)
4
courtesy(depression, courtesy, submission)
4
prostrate oneself(verb, expression, bow, stoop, kneel)
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