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Humbleness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Modesty, humility; the property of being humble. uncountable, usually

    "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence."

  2. 2
    a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride wordnet
  3. 3
    a humble feeling wordnet
  4. 4
    the state of being humble and unimportant wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English humblenesse; equivalent to humble + -ness.

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