Another word for reverence
reverence
n.
A reverential attitude
respect, veneration, awe, admiration, love, regard, esteem, devotion, adoration, worship, deference, honor, glorification, exaltation, idolization, obsequiousness, fear, dread.
The expression of reverence
honor, veneration, worship, devotion, obeisance, homage, prostration, genuflection, bow, piety, devoutness, religiousness; see also praise 1, 2, worship 1.
Antonyms ridicule*, scoffing, mockery. See syn. study at honor.honor.
reverence is applied to a feeling of deep respect mingled with love for someone or something one holds sacred or inviolable and suggests a display of homage, deference, etc.; veneration implies worshipful reverence for a person or thing regarded as hallowed or sacred and specifically suggests acts of religious devotion; awe refers to a feeling of fearful or profound respect or wonder inspired by the greatness, superiority, grandeur, etc. of a person or thing and suggests an immobilizing effect; dread, as it comes into comparison here, suggests extreme fear mixed with awe or reverence a dread of divine retribution
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Another word for reverence
The act of adoring, especially reverently:
adoration, idolization, veneration, worship. See like, love, sacred
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