Usually means: Kneeling in respect or submission.
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  1. genuflecting: Merriam-Webster
  2. genuflecting: Collins English Dictionary
  3. genuflecting: Vocabulary.com
  4. genuflecting: Wordnik
  5. genuflecting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. genuflecting: Wiktionary
  7. Genuflecting, genuflecting: Dictionary.com
  8. genuflecting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Genuflecting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Genuflecting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Genuflecting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. genuflecting: FreeDictionary.org
  13. genuflecting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (genuflect)

verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To bend the knee, as in servitude.
verb:  (intransitive) To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.
verb:  (intransitive, figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.
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