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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
hu·mil·i·ty       [hyoo-mil-i-tee or, often, yoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME humilite < L humilitās. See humble, -ty2]

lowliness, meekness, submissiveness.
pride.
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hu·mil·i·ty       (hyōō-mĭl'ĭ-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The quality or condition of being humble.


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

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
humility 
c.1315, from O.Fr. humilité, from L. humilitatem (nom. humilitas) "lowness, insignificance," in Church L. "meekness," from humilis "humble." In the Mercian hymns, L. humilitatem is glossed by O.E. eaðmodnisse.

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humility

noun
1. a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not everyone regards humility as a virtue" [ant: conceit
2. a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope" [ant: pride

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Humility

Hu*mil"i*ty\, n.; pl. Humilities. [OE. humilite, OF. humilit['e], humelit['e], F. humilit['e], 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.

Usage: 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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Humility

a prominent Christian grace (Rom. 12:3; 15:17, 18; 1 Cor. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 3:5; Phil. 4:11-13). It is a state of mind well pleasing to God (1 Pet. 3:4); it preserves the soul in tranquillity (Ps. 69:32, 33), and makes us patient under trials (Job 1:22). Christ has set us an example of humility (Phil. 2:6-8). We should be led thereto by a remembrance of our sins (Lam. 3:39), and by the thought that it is the way to honour (Prov. 16:18), and that the greatest promises are made to the humble (Ps. 147:6; Isa. 57:15; 66:2; 1 Pet. 5:5). It is a "great paradox in Christianity that it makes humility the avenue to glory."

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