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humility
noun as in humbleness, modesty
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Strong matches
abasement, bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, docility, lowliness, meekness, mortification, nonresistance, obedience, obsequiousness, passiveness, reserve, resignation, self-abasement, self-abnegation, servility, sheepishness, subjection, submissiveness, subservience, timidity, timorousness, unobtrusiveness, unpretentiousness
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The paragon of false humility, Bellini reminds everyone he really doesn’t want to be named pope . . . even as he passionately campaigns for the job.
But his humility doesn’t take away from the realization that he, indeed, is having a moment.
And I mean this with the utmost humility because I know how tiny this is.
Unlike Trump, actual men don’t degrade women and possess both humility and the capacity for normal human emotions, such as empathy and sorrow.
Of course, I wasn’t expecting to find any of the normal stuff typically absent in discussions about Trump and his minions – empathy, humility, kindness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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