genuflect

verb3

1. •
   To briefly enter a position that touches one knee to the ground in a manner that is typically associated with formal homage or religious worship.

   • At high Mass the deacon and subdeacon stand on either side, genuflect too, and answer. — 1913
2. •
   To bend the knee, as in servitude.
3. •
   (figurative) To behave in a servile manner; to grovel.

   • Certainly, the megalomaniacs who aim to populate municipal fixtures with registered-trademark logos will expect cities to genuflect at every turn. — 2017