humbleness
1. the state of being humble and unimportant • Syn: unimportance, obscureness, lowliness • Derivationally related forms: obscure (for: obscureness), unimportant (for: unimportance), humble • Hypernyms: obscurity 2. a humble feeling - he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope • Syn: humility • Ant: pride (for: humility) • Hypernyms: feeling • Hyponyms: meekness, submission, self-depreciation 3. a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride - not everyone regards humility as a virtue • Syn: humility • Ant: conceit (for: humility) • Derivationally related forms: humble, humble (for: humility) • Hypernyms: trait • Hyponyms: meekness, subduedness • Attrubites: humble
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