Anagrams of: GENUFLECTED

• bend the knees and bow in church or before a religious superior or image

• bend the knees and bow in a servile manner

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• disregarded

• lacking a caretaker

• prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off

• turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

• turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

• draw someone's attention away from something

• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)

• no longer in force or use; inactive

• having ceased to exist or live

• foul with waste matter

• devote (oneself) fully to

• flow over or cover completely

• the wool of a sheep or similar animal

• tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing

• a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing

• outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• shear the wool from