[noun] [formal] - obedience and respect, or something you do which expresses thisHe attacks the newspapers for their uncritical obeisance to the rich and the powerful. [U]The noblemen came forward one by one and made their obeisances (= bent at the waist) to the Queen. [C]
OBEISANCE
Meaning of OBEISANCE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012