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kneeling

verbnounattested in dialogue

  • //ˈniːlɪŋ//

The act by which someone kneels.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of kneelpresent participle and gerund of kneel

Etymology

From kneel + -ing.

noun

  1. 1

    The act by which someone kneels.

    A whole symbolic sexual order is obviously manifested in kneelings as positions of subordination[…]

Etymology

From Middle English knelinge, kneweling, kneolunge, equivalent to kneel + -ing.

Forms

plural
kneelings
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