MEANING
A lack of exaggerated self-importance, with willingness to recognize limits and others' worth.
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Words that belong together
- intellectual humility
- genuine humility
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Humility made her ask the mechanic what the report had missed.
He accepted the correction with a humility that surprised his former pupils.
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- Base
- humility
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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