meekness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
  2. noun a disposition to be patient and long suffering

Etymology

From Middle English mekenesse, meknes, meocnesse; equivalent to meek + -ness.

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