humility

hu·mil·i·ty  (hy-ml-t)

n.

The quality or condition of being humble.

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[Middle English humilite, from Old French, from Late Latin humilits, from humilis, humble; see humble.]

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humility

Noun

the quality of being humble and modest

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humility - a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" humbleness trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature meekness, subduedness - a disposition to be patient and long suffering conceitedness, vanity, conceit - the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride
	2.	humility - a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" humbleness feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" meekness, submission - the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness self-depreciation - a feeling of being of little worth pride, pridefulness - a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

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humility

noun modesty, diffidence, meekness, submissiveness, servility, self-abasement, humbleness, lowliness, unpretentiousness, lack of pride << OPPOSITE pride

Translations

humility [hjuːˈmɪlɪtɪ] n → humildad f

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humility [hjuːˈmɪlɪtɪ] n → humilité f

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humility [hjuːˈmɪlɪtɪ] n → Bescheidenheit f

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humility [hjuːˈmɪlɪtɪ] n → umiltà

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humility

n humility [hjuˈmiləti]

modesty; humbleness Despite his powerful position in the government, he was still a man of great humility. nederigheid تَواضُع смирение skromnost beskedenhed; ydmyghed die Bescheidenheit ταπεινότητα, ταπεινοφροσύνη humildad, modestia alandlikkus فروتنی nöyryys humilité עֲנָווָה ‍िनम्रता, दीनता poniznost, skromnost, cednost alázatosság kesederhanaan, kerendahan hati hógværð, auðmÿkt umiltà 謙そん 겸손 kuklumas pazemība; pieticība rendah hati nederigheid ydmykhet pokora humildade mo­destie скромность skromnosť skromnost poniznost ödmjukhet, anspråkslöshet ความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตน alçak gönüllülük 謙卑 покірність; скромність عاجزي، انکسار thái độ khiếm tốn; sự nhún nhường 谦卑

see also humble .