Usually means: Deep respect for someone, something.
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  1. reverence: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. reverence, reverence: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reverence: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reverence: Collins English Dictionary
  5. reverence: Vocabulary.com
  6. Reverence, reverence: Wordnik
  7. reverence: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. reverence: Wiktionary
  9. reverence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. reverence: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. reverence: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Reverence, reverence: Dictionary.com
  13. reverence: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. reverence: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Reverence: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. reverence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. reverence: Rhymezone
  19. reverence: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. reverence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. reverence: Free Dictionary
  22. reverence: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. reverence: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Reverence (disambiguation), reverence: Legal dictionary

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  1. Reverence (disambiguation), Reverence: Encyclopedia

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  1. reverence: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
▸ noun:  An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
▸ noun:  The state of being revered.
▸ noun:  A form of address for some members of the clergy.
▸ noun:  That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To show or feel reverence to.

Similar:
veneration, venerate, revere, awe, fear, dread, worship, duty, worshipful, venerance, more...

Opposite:
disrespect, contempt, disdain, scorn, disregard

Types:
awe, reverential, reverent, reverentiality, more...

Phrases:
your reverence, his reverence, sir reverence, self reverence, save your reverence, more...

Adjectives:
great, deepest, profound, due, superstitious, much, religious, special, filial, utmost, highest

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Similar:
veneration, venerate, revere, awe, fear, dread, worship, duty, worshipful, venerance, more...

Opposite:
disrespect, contempt, disdain, scorn, disregard

Types:
awe, reverential, reverent, reverentiality, more...

Phrases:
your reverence, his reverence, sir reverence, self reverence, save your reverence, saving your reverence, to do reverence, Reverence for Life, reverence to, object of reverence, elevate with reverence, more...

Adjectives:
great, deepest, profound, due, superstitious, much, religious, special, filial, utmost, highest

Colors:
    royal blue,     deep purple,     gold,     silver,     white, more...



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