[ 'dʒɛnjʊflɛkt ]
■ verb lower one's body briefly by bending one knee to the ground in worship or as a sign of respect.
Derivatives
~ion (also genuflexion ) noun
~or noun
Origin
C17 (earlier (ME) as ~ion ): from eccles. L. ~ere , from L. genu 'knee' + flectere 'to bend'.