0 to bend one or both knees as a sign of respect to God, especially when entering or leaving a Catholic church:
1 to bend one knee or touch one knee to the floor as a sign of worship or respect
On approaching the altar, the faithful should genuflect, take their communion, genuflect, and retire.
At any rate, they genuflected in that direction.
He genuflected gently in that direction when he said that he hoped that some employees would buy shares.
We have to be wary even of genuflecting in that direction.
Governments do not find it difficult to genuflect to the great abstractions and the broadly stated principles of the charter.
I genuflect to nobody in my regard for soldiers, many of whom come from my constituency.
We can with equal confidence genuflect at their shrines.
We defer and genuflect to phantoms.
