humility

Definition

A modest view of your own importance; the quality of not thinking you are better than others.

Etymology

From Old French “umilité,” from Latin “humilitas,” meaning “lowness” or “modesty,” from “humilis” (low). It was often praised as a religious and moral virtue.

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