Confused words. 2014.
obeisance / obsequious — Obeisance is respect and homage paid someone: Farina greeted the queen with sincere obeisance. Obsequiousness is submissiveness and an eagerness to obey: The obsequiousness of the waiter made them roll their eyes … Confused words
Salute — This article is about the gesture. For other uses, see Salute (disambiguation). A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect. Salutes are primarily associated with armed forces, but other organizations and civil people also use… … Wikipedia
Courtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Courtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy Sgm: N 1 respect respect &c. 928 Sgm: N 1 good manners good manners good behavior good breeding Sgm: N 1 manners manners Sgm: N 1 politeness … English dictionary for students
submission — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Yielding Nouns 1. submission, submissiveness, obedience, resignation, patience, humility, self abasement, compliance, pliancy, docility, passivity, acquiescence, sufferance, conformity, subjection;… … English dictionary for students
fawning — Synonyms and related words: abject, adulation, adulatory, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bootlicking, brown nosing, bunkum, buttery, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling,… … Moby Thesaurus
groveling — Synonyms and related words: abject, accumbent, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, brown nosing, couchant, couche, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, decumbent, draped, fawnery, fawning, flat, flattering,… … Moby Thesaurus
sponging — Synonyms and related words: abject, ablution, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, apple polishing, ass kissing, assimilation, backscratching, beggarly, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, bone lazy, bootlicking, brown nosing … Moby Thesaurus
toadying — Synonyms and related words: abject, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, brown nosing, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, fawnery, fawning, flattering, flunkyism, footlicking, groveling, handshaking, hangdog … Moby Thesaurus
truckling — Synonyms and related words: abject, apple polishing, ass kissing, backscratching, beggarly, bootlicking, brown nosing, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, fawnery, fawning, flattering, flunkyism, footlicking, groveling, handshaking, hangdog … Moby Thesaurus
respect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. t. heed, regard; relate to, refer to. n. esteem; feature, particular; (pl.) compliments. See respect, relation, courtesy. II High esteem Nouns 1. respect, regard, consideration, courtesy, attention … English dictionary for students
