Lexic.us

Definition of Humility

1. Noun. A disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride. "Not everyone regards humility as a virtue"

2. Noun. A humble feeling. "He was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"

Definition of Humility

1. n. The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness.

Definition of Humility

1. Noun. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Humility

1. the quality of being humble [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humility

humify humifying humiliant humiliate humiliated humiliates humiliating humiliatingly humiliations humiliator

humiliators humiliatrix humilities humilitude humin humiri humita humitas humite humites

humiture humitures humlie humlies hummable hummably hummaum hummaums

Literary usage of Humility

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"Yet even in St. Augustine humility is construed not alone as contemplation of God, but also as study of self. This is, however, a fictitious humility, ..."

2. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"Of Pride and humility ; their Objects and Causes.i The passions of PRIDE and humility being simple and uniform impressions, 'tis impossible we can ever, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"humility is annexed to the virtue of temperance as a potential part, ... humility is a repressing or moderating virtue opposed to pride and vainglory or ..."

4. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1902)
"His letter on humility to his daughter Orsola, a nun in the Convent of II ... humility is an abyss of self-abasement before which the powers of Hell recoil; ..."

5. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: Adapted to the State and Condition by William Law, Charles Bigg (1899)
"He that thinks he loves God enough, shews himself to be an entire stranger to that holy passion; so he that thinks he has humility enough, shews that he is ..."

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