Definitions
a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride
Word origin
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”). Equivalent to humble + -ity, with /mb/ reduced to /m/ (compare plumbing). Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Doublet of omertà.
Used in a sentence
“You can tell his humility is real by how he treats ordinary people.”
“She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.”
“By the end of the tenth century, Edith's humility had inspired a cult of holy wells in Kent, Staffordshire, and Herefordshire.”
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