Bow and Salute

Bow

Bow verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

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Salute and bow are semantically related In some cases you can use "Salute" instead the word "Bow" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: bowed, bowing, bowline

Salute verb - To declare enthusiastic approval of.

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Bow and salute are semantically related in greet topic. Sometimes you can use "Bow" instead the word "Salute" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: salutation, saluted, saluting

old	old bow	old salute
special	special bow	special salute
best	best bow	best salute
long	long bow	long salute
Other adjectives: similar, typical, standard, respectful, proper, simple, small, powerful, actual, wrong, little, famous, new, unique, traditional, final, classic, primary, double, last, farewell, modern, two-handed, iconic.

City of Heroes: Going Rogue introduced the Praetoria salute: Feet together, right hand outstretched, palm down, then bend elbow, placing hand over heart, then bow head.

Source: Strange Salute
This is the knight Achaka, who taught Graham how to fire a bow, and it is his salute Graham does.

Source: Video Game / King's Quest (2015)
Foreshadowing: At the start of the game, when Graham is retrieving the mirror from the well, he takes a bow from a fallen soldier and does a strange salute somberly.

Source: Video Game / King's Quest (2015)

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