HUMILITY
humility, humbleness
(noun) a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; “not everyone regards humility as a virtue”
humility, humbleness
(noun) a humble feeling; “he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
humility (countable and uncountable, plural humilities)
The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.
Usage notes
• Commonly used to mean “modesty, lack of pride” (with respect to one’s achievements), and in formal religious contexts to refer to a transcendent egolessness.
Synonyms
• egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement
Antonyms
• pride
Source: Wiktionary
Hu*mil"i*ty, n.; pl. Humilities. Etym: [OE. humilite, OF. humilité,
humelité, F. humilité, fr. L. humiliatis. See Humble.]
1. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and
arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a
sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness;
self-abasement; humbleness.
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.
2. An act of submission or courtesy.
With these humilities they satisfied the young king. Sir J. Davies.
Syn.
– Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence.
– Humility, Modesty, Diffidence. Diffidence is a distrust of our
powers, combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured,
since a dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not
usually called diffidence. It may be carried too far, and is not
always, like modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without
supposing self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves
forward, and an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers.
Humility consists in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive
our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due. It does not
require of us to underrate ourselves.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition