From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Humility \Hu*mil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Humilities}. [OE. humilite, OF.
humilit['e], humelit['e], F. humilit['e], 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.
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Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. --Acts
xx. 19.
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2. An act of submission or courtesy.
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With these humilities they satisfied the young king.
--Sir J.
Davies.
Syn: Lowliness; humbleness; meekness; modesty; diffidence.
Usage: {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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Upland \Up"land\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in
situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage.
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Sometimes, with secure delight
The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton.
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2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the
neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.W2]
" The race of upland giants." --Chapman.
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{Upland moccasin}. (Zool.) See {Moccasin}.
{Upland sandpiper}, or {Upland plover} (Zool.), a large
American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as
a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields
and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper},
{Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover},
{highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie
plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote},
{quaily}, and {uplander}.
{Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus
Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humility
n 1: a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride; "not
everyone regards humility as a virtue" [syn: {humility},
{humbleness}] [ant: {conceit}, {conceitedness}, {vanity}]
2: a humble feeling; "he was filled with humility at the sight
of the Pope" [syn: {humility}, {humbleness}] [ant: {pride},
{pridefulness}]
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