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humilityhu‧mil‧i‧ty /hjuːˈmɪləti/ noun [uncountable]   humilityOrigin: 1200-1300 French humilité, from Latin humilitas, from humilis; ➔ HUMBLE1 - Humility and discipline are important in the martial arts.
- As I listened to him speak, I was filled with a sense of humility.
- Mother Theresa remained a woman of great humility, despite all the attention and praise her work received.
- For a decade, Jerusalem continued approaching Washington with a measure of humility, careful not to wear out its welcome.
- He is less practiced in the art of contrived humility than was Nixon.
- It is important to judge last week's results with a little intellectual humility.
- Magnificence is admirable if not always comprehensible, humility is very unattractive to the modern Western mind.
- Put you in that - that kiosk - and expect your parishioners to admire your humility?
- The humility and the arrogance in the prose are almost indistinguishable, frolicking like puppies at play.
- Theological references to them are scant, though St Bernard took the blackness as a symbol of humility.
modest behaviour► modesty a modest way of behaving or talking: · His honesty and modesty endeared him to many people who valued his wise advice.· "I'm a bank manager," she said, then added with typical modesty, "of a very small bank."false modesty (=when somebody only pretends to be modest): · Miranda was not one for false modesty. She enjoyed being told that she was beautiful. ► humility when someone is not proud, and does not think that they are more important, clever etc than other people: · As I listened to him speak, I was filled with a sense of humility.· Mother Theresa remained a woman of great humility, despite all the attention and praise her work received. the quality of not being too proud about yourself – use this to show approval:  He spoke with great humility about his role, praising the efforts of his teammates above his own. SYN modesty → humble |