# humility

Pronunciation: US say "hyoo-MIL-i-tee" /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/; UK

## Noun

1. The quality of being humble, as it shows both in a person's character and in how they behave.
   - Simple: The quality of being humble: not thinking or acting as if you are better than others.
   - _After years in office, the mayor still had a reputation for humility and plain speaking._
   - _She accepted the prize with genuine humility, giving most of the credit to her students._

## Origin

From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas ("lowness, meanness, baseness," and in Late Latin "humility"), which comes from humilis ("low, lowly, humble"). It is equivalent to humble + -ity and replaced the native Old English word ēaþmōdnes. It is a doublet of omertà.

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