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Definition of "humility" []

  • The quality or condition of being humble. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "humility" in a sentence
  • "For many people, the word humility has come to signify humiliation or self-derogation."
  • "And a lot of risk, the strategy that General McChrystal is proposing, means more forces out on foot patrols, interacting with civilian populations and doing it in a way, I believe the term humility is the term General McChrystal continues to used, that means exposing themselves in a bigger way."
  • "To have been such a star for so long and still to have maintained his humility is a matter worthy of applause."