humility
Absence of pride
Humility is the quality of being modest about one's abilities or importance—the opposite of arrogance or pride.
It implies an accurate, unpretentious assessment of oneself: She accepted the award with humility.
Humility can be genuine self-awareness or a strategic posture: His humility seemed calculated to disarm critics.
Gentle, unassertive disposition
- lowlinessState of modest rank
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
unassumingness · simplicity · down-to-earth · groundedness · humbleness · plainness · understatement · reserve
Moral soundness and consistency
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- patienceCalm during delays
prudence · fortitude · wisdom · compassion · charity · kindness · honesty · authenticity
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- serviceAid or maintenance
- unselfishnessConcern for others' welfare
giving · caring · helpfulness · volunteerism · philanthropy · benevolence · dedication · contribution
Sincere religious devotion
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- prayerAddress to deity
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
repentance · confession · penance · surrender · faith · grace · monastic · asceticism
Regard with honor
- dignityInnate personal worth
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- esteemFavorable opinion of worth
- admirationDeep respect felt
appreciation · recognition · consideration · graciousness · magnanimity · approachability · accessibility · listening
Disposition to obey others
- docilityReadiness to submit
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
servility · obeisance · yielding · subordination · subservience · bowing · kneeling · genuflection
meekness
Gentle, unassertive disposition
- lowlinessState of modest rank
- modestyAbsence of vanity
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
self-effacement · unassumingness · simplicity · down-to-earth · groundedness · humbleness · plainness · understatement · reserve · restraint
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- gentlenessSoft, kind demeanor
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
patience · prudence · fortitude · wisdom · compassion · charity · kindness · honesty · authenticity · openness
altruism
Prioritizing others' wellbeing
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- serviceAid or maintenance
unselfishness · giving · caring · helpfulness · volunteerism · philanthropy · benevolence · dedication · contribution · stewardship
piety
Sincere religious devotion
contrition · repentance · confession · penance · surrender · faith · grace · monastic · asceticism · fasting
respect
Regard with honor
admiration · appreciation · recognition · consideration · graciousness · magnanimity · approachability · accessibility · listening · empathy
submissiveness
Disposition to obey others
- docilityReadiness to submit
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- complianceAdhering to requirements
acquiescence · servility · obeisance · yielding · subordination · subservience · bowing · kneeling · genuflection · prostration
- valuesvalue, honesty, worth, fairness, morals
- character buildingintegrity, resilience, self-discipline, confidence, sportsmanship
- grandma's wisdomproverbs, sayings, adages, maxims, life lessons
- human naturehuman nature, emotions, instincts, human condition, desires
- inner qualitiesintegrity, wisdom, courage, compassion, resilience
- Noble Qualitieshonor, courage, integrity, virtue, kindness
humilityhaughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
superciliousness · hauteur · arrogance · condescension · pomposity
humilityhubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
pride · arrogance · vainglory · presumption · self-exaltation
- feigned humilityFake self-effacement
- public humiliationDeliberate degradation before witnesses
- online humiliationPublic degradation via internet
- false humilityPerformed meekness for approval
- intellectual humilityAwareness of cognitive fallibility
- epistemic humilityAwareness of one's ignorance
humiliate, humiliation, humiliated, humiliating, humiliates, humiliations, humilities, public humiliation