"humility" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-humility.wav [Southern-England] Forms: humilities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti Etymology: From Middle English humilite, from Old French (h)umilité, from Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), from humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”), equivalent to humble + -ity.; see humble. Doublet of omerta. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōdnes. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|humilite}} Middle English humilite, {{der|en|fro|umilité|(h)umilité}} Old French (h)umilité, {{der|en|la|humilitas||lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility}} Latin humilitas (“lowness, meanness, baseness, in Late Latin humility”), {{m|la|humilis||low, lowly, humble, earth}} humilis (“low, lowly, humble, earth”), {{suffix|en|humble|ity}} humble + -ity, {{m|en|humble}} humble, {{doublet|en|omerta}} Doublet of omerta, {{ncog|ang|ēaþmōdnes}} Old English ēaþmōdnes Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} humility (countable and uncountable, plural humilities)
  1. The characteristic of being humble; humbleness in character and behavior. Wikipedia link: humility Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Emotions, Ethics Synonyms: egolessness, humilitude, meekness, modesty, self-effacement Related terms: humble, humiliate, humiliation, humus Translations (characteristic of being humble): ταπεινότης (tapeinótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosúnē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَوَاضُع (tawāḍuʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), təvazö (Azerbaijani), пако́рлівасць (pakórlivascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), пако́рнасць (pakórnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), скро́мнасць (skrómnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), смире́ност (smirénost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), поко́рност (pokórnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), смире́ние (smirénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), скро́мност (skrómnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), humilitat [feminine] (Catalan), 謙卑 (Chinese Mandarin), 谦卑 (qiānbēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 謙遜 (Chinese Mandarin), 谦逊 (qiānxùn) (Chinese Mandarin), pokora [feminine] (Czech), skromnost [feminine] (Czech), ydmyghed [common-gender] (Danish), nederigheid [feminine] (Dutch), deemoed [masculine] (Dutch), humileco (Esperanto), nöyryys (Finnish), humilité [feminine] (French), humildade [feminine] (Galician), თავმდაბლობა (tavmdabloba) (Georgian), მოკრძალებულობა (moḳrʒalebuloba) (Georgian), Bescheidenheit [feminine] (German), Demut [feminine] (German), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 (hauniþa) [feminine] (Gothic), 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (hauneins) [feminine] (Gothic), ταπεινότητα (tapeinótita) [feminine] (Greek), צְנִיעוּת (tsniút) [feminine] (Hebrew), ענווה (anavá) [feminine] (Hebrew), विनम्रता (vinamratā) [feminine] (Hindi), alázat (Hungarian), hógværð [feminine] (Icelandic), auðmýkt [feminine] (Icelandic), uirísle [feminine] (Irish), umhlaíocht [feminine] (Irish), umiltà [feminine] (Italian), 謙遜 (kenson) (alt: けんそん) (Japanese), 겸손 (gyeomson) (Korean), скромност (skromnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), വിനയം (vinayaṁ) (Malayalam), māhaki (Maori), māhakitanga (Maori), tʼahʼágo ájítʼé (Navajo), विनम्रता (vinamratā) (Nepali), नम्रता (namratā) (Nepali), unyenyekevu [class-11] (Ngazidja Comorian), ydmykhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), umilitat [feminine] (Occitan), ēaþmōdnes [feminine] (Old English), umilitat (Old Occitan), تواضع (Ottoman Turkish), تواضع (tavâzo') (Persian), pokora [feminine] (Polish), humildade [feminine] (Portuguese), umilință [feminine] (Romanian), umilitate [feminine] (Romanian), скро́мность (skrómnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), смире́ние (smirénije) [feminine] (Russian), поко́рность (pokórnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), смире́нность (smirénnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), poniznost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), skromnost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), smernost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), skrušenost [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pokora [feminine] (Slovak), skromnosť [feminine] (Slovak), ponižnost [feminine] (Slovene), humildad (Spanish), ödmjukhet [common-gender] (Swedish), ఒద్దిక (oddika) (Telugu), ความถ่อมตัว (Thai), ความนอบน้อม (Thai), tevazu (Turkish), покі́рність (pokírnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), покі́рливість (pokírlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), смире́нність (smyrénnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), скро́мність (skrómnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mük (Volapük), שפֿלות (shifles) [feminine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "word": "Demut"
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          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "hauniþa",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰"
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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "roman": "tapeinophrosúnē",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "word": "ענווה"
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          "roman": "vinamratā",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "is",
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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "auðmýkt"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "uirísle"
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        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "umhlaíocht"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "けんそん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kenson",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "word": "謙遜"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeomson",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "word": "겸손"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vinayaṁ",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "word": "വിനയം"
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "word": "māhakitanga"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
          "word": "tʼahʼágo ájítʼé"
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          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "vinamratā",
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          "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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          "roman": "tavâzo'",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَوَاضُع"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "təvazö"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pakórlivascʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "be",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смире́ност"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pokórnost",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поко́рност"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "humilitat"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "謙卑"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiānbēi",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "谦卑"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "謙遜"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiānxùn",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "谦逊"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "pokora"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skromnost"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ydmyghed"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nederigheid"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "deemoed"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "humileco"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "nöyryys"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "humildade"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "tavmdabloba",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "თავმდაბლობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moḳrʒalebuloba",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "მოკრძალებულობა"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bescheidenheit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Demut"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "hauniþa",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "hauneins",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ταπεινοφροσύνη"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "tsniút",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צְנִיעוּת"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "anavá",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ענווה"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "विनम्रता"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "alázat"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hógværð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "auðmýkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uirísle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umhlaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umiltà"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんそん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kenson",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "謙遜"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeomson",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "겸손"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skromnost",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скромност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vinayaṁ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "വിനയം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "māhaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "māhakitanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "tʼahʼágo ájítʼé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "vinamratā",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "विनम्रता"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "namratā",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "नम्रता"
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      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "unyenyekevu"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ydmykhet"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "umilitat"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ēaþmōdnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pro",
      "lang": "Old Occitan",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "umilitat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "تواضع"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tavâzo'",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "تواضع"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "humildade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umilință"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "umilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrómnostʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скро́мность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smirénije",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смире́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokórnostʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поко́рность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smirénnostʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смире́нность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poniznost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skromnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smernost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skrušenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pokora"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "skromnosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ponižnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "humildad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ödmjukhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "oddika",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "ఒద్దిక"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "ความถ่อมตัว"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "ความนอบน้อม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "tevazu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokírnistʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покі́рність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pokírlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покі́рливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smyrénnistʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смире́нність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skrómnistʹ",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "скро́мність"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "word": "mük"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shifles",
      "sense": "characteristic of being humble",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שפֿלות"
    }
  ],
  "word": "humility"
}

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