humility
UShyoo-MIL-i-tee/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
- 1The quality of being humble: not thinking or acting as if you are better than others.
He won the race, but he showed humility and thanked the other runners.
Good leaders need humility to listen to ideas that are better than their own.
Similarmodesty, humbleness
Oppositearrogance, pride, conceit, vanity
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Origin
It comes from the Latin word humilis, meaning "low." It came into English through French.