noun
- an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
early 15c., from Middle French gĂ©nuflexion and directly from Late Latin genuflectionem (nominative genuflexio) “bending of the knee,” noun of action from past participle stem of genuflectere “genuflect,” from Latin genu “knee” (see knee (n.)) + flectere “to bend” (see flexible).