reverence

reverence
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A reverential attitude]
Syn. respect, veneration, awe, admiration, love, regard, esteem, devotion, adoration, worship, deference, honor, glorification, exaltation, idolization, obsequiousness, fear, dread.
Ant. hatred*, contempt, disdain.
2. [The expression of reverence]
Syn. honor, veneration, worship, devotion, obeisance, homage, prostration, genuflection, bow, piety, devoutness, religiousness; see also praise 1 , 2 , worship 1 .
Ant. ridicule*, scoffing, mockery.
See Synonym Study at honor . Syn.- 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 ]
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
respect, honor, esteem, worship, veneration, idolization, admiration, exaltation, awe, homage, regard.
ANT.: irreverence, disrespect, contempt
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun The act of adoring, especially reverently: adoration, idolization, veneration, worship. See LIKE, LOVE, SACRED. II verb To regard with great awe and devotion: adore, idolize, revere, venerate, worship. See SACRED.

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