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for humbleness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Humbleness \Hum"ble*ness\, n.
The quality of being humble; humility; meekness.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
humbleness
n 1: the state of being humble and unimportant [syn:
humbleness, unimportance, obscureness, lowliness]
2: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight
of the Pope" [syn: humility, humbleness] [ant: pride,
pridefulness]
3: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not
everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: humility,
humbleness] [ant: conceit, conceitedness, vanity]
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