meekness.

A gentle, unassertive willingness to endure or yield rather than confront.

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Words that belong together

• apparent meekness
• meekness of manner

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Her meekness in the hearing concealed the decision she had already made.

He admired the kindness but worried about the meekness with which she accepted blame.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.