Anagrams of: VILLEINAGE

• changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

• complete destruction of a building

• the act of making equal or uniform

• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

• the act of departing

• a community of people smaller than a town

• a mainly residential district of Manhattan; `the Village' became a home for many writers and artists in the 20th century

• a settlement smaller than a town

• a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave

• To pay homage, bow, submit, defer (to someone or something); to yield, give way (to something).

• To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.

• To lower, let fall; to allow or cause to sink.

• (vexillology) (current, operational) To lower or "dip" a carried flag or banner in a salute by a forward reducing of the angle of the pike/flagstaff with respect to the ground; in extreme instances, as when saluting a monarch, both the banner and the finial of the pike are allowed to rest upon the ground.

• To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.

• To conceal as with a veil.

• the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings