The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word GENUFLECT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GENUFLECT
- Reject sport in key vote to show religious respect
- Get down good clue: often nothing lost after editing?
- Clung tight with feet to show respect
- Maybe defer to mostly neglectful criminal
- Neglectful learner out getting drunk to sink towards the floor
- To show respect, head of government cast vote for keeping rejected amusement
- Mostly neglectful — reforming to show respect
- Keeping enjoyment up, good to choose to show respect
- Show respect to Greece’s foremost elite, stifling rising amusement
- Scrape the bottom rung, choose to have fun on the way up
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What does GENUFLECT mean?
GENUFLECT verb- To bend the knee, as in servitude.
- To briefly touch one knee to the ground, typically associated with religious worship.
- To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.