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reverence

Noun
point HONOR, HOMAGE, REVERENCE, DEFERENCE mean respect and esteem shown to another.
HONOR may apply to the recognition of one's right to great respect or to any expression of such recognition.
e.g. the nomination is an honor
HOMAGE adds the implication of accompanying praise.
e.g. paying homage to Shakespeare
e.g. great reverence for my father
DEFERENCE implies a yielding or submitting to another's judgment or preference out of respect or reverence.
e.g. showed no deference to their elders

Verb
point REVERE, REVERENCE, VENERATE, WORSHIP, ADORE mean to honor and admire profoundly and respectfully.
REVERE stresses deference and tenderness of feeling.
e.g. a professor revered by her students
REVERENCE presupposes an intrinsic merit and inviolability in the one honored and a similar depth of feeling in the one honoring.
e.g. reverenced the academy's code of honor
VENERATE implies a holding as holy or sacrosanct because of character, association, or age.
e.g. heroes still venerated
WORSHIP implies homage usually expressed in words or ceremony.
e.g. worships their memory
ADORE implies love and stresses the notion of an individual and personal attachment.
e.g. we adored our doctor

noun
deep respect for someone or something:
⦅かたく⦆ ; 〖具体例ではa (...) ~〗 【人・物などへの】敬意, 尊敬 «for»
e.g. rituals showed honor and reverence for the dead.
archaic a gesture indicative of respect; a bow or curtsy:
⦅古⦆ 敬礼, うやうやしい態度.
e.g. the messenger made his reverence.
(His Reverence/Your Reverence) a title given to a member of the clergy, or used in addressing them.
⦅主にアイル/古⦆ 〖your [his, her] R-; 時に呼びかけで〗牧師様, 尊師

verb with object
〈文〉~を崇敬する
e.g. the many divine beings reverenced by Hindu tradition.

ORIGIN
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin reverentia, from revereristand in awe of’ (see revere).