meekness
/ˈmiːknəs
/noun [mass noun]
The fact or condition of being meek; submissiveness: all his best friends make fun of him for his meekness...
- But there was a lot of humility and meekness also.
- Patience can be meekness, patience can be too ready acceptance or passivity.
- She wore a humble white dress shirt and a white skirt, and carried herself with meekness and humility.
Synonyms
patience, long-suffering, forbearance, resignation;
gentleness, mildness, softness, peacefulness, docility, diffidence, modesty, humility, humbleness, unpretentiousness, lowliness;
submissiveness, submission, self-effacement, self-abasement, lack of resistance, compliance, obedience, acquiescence, tameness, deference
archaic mansuetude