veneration   (Sound)

The noun veneration has 2 senses

• fear, reverence, awe, veneration -- (a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration")


• idolatry, devotion, veneration, cultism -- (religious zeal; the willingness to serve God)