1) Bend 2) Kneel 3) Neil 1) Express reverence 2) To behave in a servile manner 3) To grovel 
• (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship.
Gen`u·flect' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Genuflected ; present participle & verbal noun Genuflecting .] [ See Genuflection .] To bend the knee, as in worship. 
[v] - bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image
genuflect, genuflecting 1. To bend the right knee to the floor and rise again as a gesture of religious respect; especially in a Roman Catholic or Anglican church.BR> 2. To bend the knees and bow in a servile manner or to express a servile attitude. 3. To be servilely respectful or deferential; to grovel.
verb bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image