1.  genuflect(v = verb.motion) - bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image;
is one way to bow
Derived forms noun genuflection₁, noun genuflexion₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  genuflect(v = verb.motion) kowtow, scrape - bend the knees and bow in a servile manner;
is one way to bow
Derived forms noun genuflection₁, noun genuflexion₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP

   To bend the knee, as in worship. [1913 Webster]

genuflect, v.intr. bend the knee, esp. in worship or as a sign of respect.

Derivative:
genuflection n. (also genuflexion). genuflector n.

Etymology:
eccl.L genuflectere genuflex- f. L genu the knee + flectere bend