different between reverence vs aweless

English

Etymology

From Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v.?.??ns/, /???v.??ns/
• Hyphenation: rev?er?ence

Noun

reverence (countable and uncountable, plural reverences)

1. Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
2. An act of showing respect, such as a bow.
   • August 2, 1758, Oliver Goldsmith, A Letter from a Traveller

     Make twenty reverences upon receiving […] about twopence.

3. The state of being revered.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles

     When discords, and quarrels, and factions, are carried openly and audaciously, it is a sign the reverence of government is lost.

4. A form of address for some members of the clergy.

   your reverence

5. That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.

Antonyms

• contempt
• blasphemy
• profanity

Derived terms

• reverent (a)
• revere (v)
• reverently (adv)
• save-reverence, sir-reverence, saving your reverence

Translations

Verb

reverence (third-person singular simple present reverences, present participle reverencing, simple past and past participle reverenced)

1. (transitive) To show or feel reverence to.

   Synonyms: honour, venerate

Translations

Middle French

Noun

reverence f (usually uncountable, plural reverences)

1. respect

English

Alternative forms

• awless (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English awles; equivalent to awe +? -less, cognate with Old English ?geléas (“aweless”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l?s/, /-l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?s/, /-l?s/
• Hyphenation: awe?less

Adjective

aweless (comparative more aweless, superlative most aweless)

1. Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
2. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
3. (obsolete) Inspiring no awe.

Synonyms

• (without fear): see Thesaurus:brave
• (wanting reverence): presumptuous, rude; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Antonyms

• awesome
• awful (now rare), awefull (obsolete)

Derived terms

• awelessly
• awelessness

Anagrams

• Waleses, weasels