humility

From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”); see humble.

• Rhymes: -ɪlɪti

humility (countable and uncountable, plural humilities)

1. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior.

• 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.

• egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement

• pride

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