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Prostration
01
the physical posture of lying flat with the face to the ground, as in submission to a religious or political authority
Examples
In some forms of worship, the devotees engage in periodic prostration as an act of humility and reverence.
The king 's subjects would perform three full prostrations when greeting him, laying face down on the floor with their foreheads touching the ground.
02
abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
03
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
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