Prostration

/pɹɒsˈtɹeɪʃən/

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complete prostrationfull prostrationgenuflectionmoral abasementobeisancepartial prostrationself abasement

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full prostrationpartial prostrationprostration postureprostration ritualreligious prostrationstate of prostration

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Even the knowledge that he had succeeded where the police of three countries had failed, and that he had outmanoeuvred at every point the most accomplished swindler in Europe, was insufficient to rouse him from his nervous prostration.

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Sami makes prostration after scoring goals.

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He is in full prostration.

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The ordination ceremony includes a variety of rituals, rich in meaning and history, e.g., the prostration, laying on of hands, anointing of hands, giving of the chalice and paten, and sign of peace. — Diocese of Rochester, NY

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