Synonyms for HUMILITY
hyuˈmɪl ɪ ti; often yu-hu·mil·i·ty

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1. humilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   egolessness, humilitude, modesty

   Antonyms:
   pride

2. humilitynoun

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

   Synonyms:
   egolessness, humilitude, modesty

   Antonyms:
   pride

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1. humility

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, contentment, indifference, satisfaction

   Antonyms:
   ambition, aspiration, competition, emulation, opposition, rivalry

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1. humility, humblenessnoun

   a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride

   "not everyone regards humility as a virtue"

   Synonyms:
   unimportance, lowliness, humility, obscureness, humbleness

   Antonyms:
   pride, conceit, pridefulness, vanity, conceitedness

2. humility, humblenessnoun

   a humble feeling

   "he was filled with humility at the sight of the Pope"

   Synonyms:
   unimportance, lowliness, humility, obscureness, humbleness

   Antonyms:
   pride, pridefulness, conceit, conceitedness, vanity

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1. humilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   humbleness, meekness, submissiveness, lowliness, modesty, diffidence, self-abasement

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1. humilitynoun

   Synonyms:
   meekness, lowliness, self-abasement, diffidence, modesty

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1. List of paraphrases for "humility":

   modesty

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1. Clive Staples Lewis:

   A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

2. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   Simplicity and humility, not power or status, will bring you joy and happiness.

3. Chilean President Sebastin Piera:

   I have heard with humility the voice of my compatriots.

4. Ernest Hemingway, "The Old Man and the Sea":

   Humility is not disgraceful, and carries no loss of true pride.

5. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.