Meekness

Synonyms for "meekness" (30 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

7 entries
attitudebehaviorcharacter traithumblenesshumilitymoral qualityvirtue

More specific

6 entries

Collocations

6 entries
cultivate meeknessdisplay meeknessexhibit meeknessmeekness in charactermeekness toward otherspractice meekness

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

And when the chrysanthemums opened their great eyes, and turned their faces upwards to meet the light, they felt quite put about to see those flowers still in bloom. They would have been angry, but it is not in the nature of our garden, or indeed of our wild flora and hedgerow pets, to be so. For flowers are ever meek, albeit they are lovely, and methinks that meekness and beauty, hand in hand, are inexpressibly charming.

Source: tatoeba (12172319)

But thou, O man of God, flie these things; and follow after righteousnesse, godlinesse, faith, loue, patience, meekenesse.

Source: wiktionary

Nor could Pym fail to notice that his old friend in rendering account of himself assumed the familiar meekness of the displaced person in the presence of his betters.

Source: wiktionary

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