English-Thai Dictionary

humility

N ความอ่อนน้อม ถ่อมตน  ความ นอบน้อม  kwam-on-nom-tom-ton

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUMILITY

n.[L. humilitas.] 1. In ethics, freedom from pride and arrogance; humbleness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth. In theology, humility consists in lowliness of mind; a deep sense of one's own unworthiness in the sight of God, self-abasement, penitence for sin, and submission to the divine will.
Before honor is humility. Proverbs 15:33.
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts 2 :19.
2. Act of submission.
With these humilities they satisfied the young king.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HUMILITY

Hu *mil "i *ty, n.; pl. Humilities. Etym: [OE. humilite, OF. humilité, humelité, F. humilité, fr. L. humiliatis. See Humble. ]

 

1. 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. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.

 

2. An act of submission or courtesy. With these humilities they satisfied the young king. Sir J. Davies.

 

Syn. -- Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence. -- Humility, Modesty, Diffidence. Diffidence is a distrust of our powers, combined with a fear lest our failure should be censured, since a dread of failure unconnected with a dread of censure is not usually called diffidence. It may be carried too far, and is not always, like modesty and humility, a virtue. Modesty, without supposing self-distrust, implies an unwillingness to put ourselves forward, and an absence of all over-confidence in our own powers. Humility consists in rating our claims low, in being willing to waive our rights, and take a lower place than might be our due. It does not require of us to underrate ourselves.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

humility

hu mil i ty |(h )yo͞oˈmilitē (h )juˈmɪlədi | ▶noun a modest or low view of one's own importance; humbleness. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French humilite, from Latin humilitas, from humilis (see humble ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

humility

hu ¦mil |ity |hjʊˈmɪlɪti | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French humilite, from Latin humilitas, from humilis (see humble ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

humility

humility noun he accepted the award with sincere humility: modesty, humbleness, meekness, diffidence, unassertiveness; lack of pride, lack of vanity; servility, submissiveness. ANTONYMS pride.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

humility

humility noun he needs the humility to accept that their way may be better: modesty, humbleness, modestness, meekness, lack of pride, lack of vanity, diffidence, unassertiveness. ANTONYMS pride.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

humility

hu mil i ty /hjumɪ́ləti /→humble 名詞 U 謙遜 （けんそん ）, 謙虚さ ; 〖-ties 〗謙虚な行動 [態度 ]▸ Terry has a good sense of humility , not always pushing his ideas .テリーは, いつも自分の考えを押し通すというのではなく, 謙虚さを持ち合わせている ▸ with humility 謙虚に .