Homage

Noun

 * 1)  In feudalism, the formal oath of a vassal to honor his or her lord's rights.
 * 2) * 1593: William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona
 * We'll do thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, Love thee as our commander and our king.
 * 1) A demonstration of respect, such as towards an individual after their retirement or death
 * 2) * 1792: Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women
 * When a man squeezes the hand of a pretty woman, ... she will consider such an impertinent freedom in the light of an insult, if she have any true delicacy, instead of being flattered by this unmeaning homage to beauty.
 * 1) * 2006: New York Times
 * It’s appropriate that we pay homage to them and the sacrifices they made.
 * 1) An artistic work imitating another in a flattering style. (This is a recent borrowing from French usage, and is often pronounced /oʊˈmɒːʒ/; see hommage, which preserves the French spelling.)
 * 2) * 2002: Dawson's Creek (TV, episode 6.01)
 * He likes to tell people that it's a Hitchcockian thriller, but that's kind of like saying Happy Gilmore is a homage to Woody Allen.

Derived terms

 * homager

Adjectives for Homage
poor; devoted; disinterested; glorious; reluctant; decorous; regal; unpurchasable; lowly; dreadful; wild; respectful; spontaneous; corporate; due; assiduous; grateful; humble; instinctive; loyal.

Verbs for Homage
acknowledge—; bow in—; demand—; do—; kneel in—; offer—; owe—; present—; profess—; render—; renounce—; submit to—; swear—; yield — to.

Thesaurus
acceptance, accolade, acquiescence, adherence, adhesion, admiration, adoration, adulation, allegiance, apotheosis, appreciation, approbation, approval, assent, assigned task, attachment, awe, bend, bending the knee, bepraisement, bob, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bounden duty, bow, bowing and scraping, breathless adoration, burden, business, call of duty, charge, co-worship, commitment, complaisance, compliance, conformity, congratulation, consent, consideration, constancy, courtesy, cult, cultism, cultus, curtsy, dedication, deference, deification, devoir, devotedness, devotion, dipping the colors, dulia, duteousness, duties and responsibilities, dutifulness, duty, eloge, encomium, esteem, estimation, ethics, eulogium, eulogy, exaggerated respect, exaltation, excessive praise, faith, faithfulness, favor, fealty, fidelity, firmness, flattery, genuflection, glorification, glory, good faith, great respect, hero worship, high regard, hommage, honor, hyperdulia, idolatry, idolization, idolizing, imperative, inclination, kneeling, kowtow, kudos, latria, laud, laudation, line of duty, lionizing, loyalty, magnification, making a leg, meed of praise, mission, must, nod, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, obedience, obediency, obeisance, obligation, obsequiousness, observance, onus, ought, overpraise, paean, panegyric, passiveness, passivity, place, praise, presenting arms, prestige, prostration, regard, resignation, resignedness, respect, reverence, reverential regard, salaam, salutation, salute, scrape, self-imposed duty, service, servility, servitium, standing at attention, staunchness, steadfastness, subjection, submission, submissiveness, submittal, suit and service, suit service, supineness, tie, transcendent wonder, tribute, troth, true blue, trueness, veneration, willingness, worship, worshiping, yielding

Etymology
< homage: <  homage:, hommage: <  hominaticum: <  homo:.

Translations

 * Danish: lenshyldning
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: hommage


 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: omagiu


 * Armenian:
 * Danish: hyldest, tribut
 * Dutch: eerbetoon, hommage , hulde , huldeblijk
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * French: hommage
 * German:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: omagiu
 * Spanish:


 * Danish: hyldest
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Romanian: omagiu


 * : homenagem
 * : homenaje
 * : הומאז'

Noun

 * 1) oath; pledge

Descendants

 * Anglo-Norman:
 * English:
 * French:
 * Middle English: