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–noun

1.	respect or reverence paid or rendered: In his speech he paid homage to Washington and Jefferson.

2.	the formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service.

3.	the relation thus established of a vassal to his lord.

4.	something done or given in acknowledgment or consideration of the worth of another: a Festschrift presented as an homage to a great teacher.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (h)omage < OF, equiv. to (h)ome man (< L hominem, acc. of homō; see Homo) + -age -age

]

—Synonyms 1. deference, obeisance; honor, tribute. 3. fidelity, loyalty, devotion.

—Antonyms 1. irreverence. 3. disloyalty.

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	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	homage
Part of Speech:	noun
Synonyms:	admiration, adoration, allegiance, deference, devotion, esteem, fealty, fidelity, honor, loyalty, obeisance, ovation, praise, regard, respect, reverence, sacredness, tribute, veneration, latria
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	honor
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	Great respect or high public esteem accorded as a right or as due.
Synonyms:	deference, obeisance
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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homage: see feudalism.

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