obeisance
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A gesture of submission, such as a curtsy.
2. Deference or homage.
💬 Usage Examples
“It was a squabble over $2.9 million in property-tax breaks -- small change for ExxonMobil, a company that measures its earnings by the billions. But when the East Baton Rouge Parish school board rejected the energy giant’s rather routine request last month, the ‘no’ vote went off like a bomb in a state where obeisance to the oil, gas, and chemical industries is the norm.” Richard Fausset; Daring to Say No to Big Oil; The New York Times; Feb 5, 2019.