humility

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Rahul's statement showed his humility, he said, adding "this humility is also evident in the statements of prime minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and is part of the Congress culture."

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being humble.

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  • With a somewhat overstrained humility which is hardly worthy of him, he describes himself in the title- page as "that poor contemptible creature John Bunyan, of Bedford." —  The Life of John Bunyan
  • Flowing from her humility was her spirit of obedience, a virtue of which she so clearly recognised the imperative necessity for all who aim at perfection, that she would do nothing but under its guidance. —  The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation
  • We may imagine that his humility was at that moment very great, which prevented him from distinguishing between voluntary consent and the feeling over which we have no control. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • It is important for us to realize that as human beings, our humility should be our strength and our integrity our greatness. —  World Posts - Daily Observer - RSS
  • What I am about to say will ultimately prove that I have been blessed with a near-astronomical amount of humility, which is that I may be a genius writer, but sometimes, even —  NOGOODFORME.COM
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  1. Middle English humilite, from Old French, from Late Latin humilitās, from humilis, humble; see humble.

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  1. from Middle English humilite, from Old French humilite, French humilité = Provencal humilitat, omilitat = Spanish humildad = Portuguese humildade = Italian umilità, from Latin humilita(t-)s, lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin (ecclesiastical) humility, from humilis, low, lowly, humble: see humble.
 

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