meekness
meekness noun: the state or quality of being meek.
Noun
meekness (usually uncountable, plural meeknesses)
- The state or quality of being meek.
- But thou, O man of God, flie these things; and follow after righteousnesse, godlinesse, faith, loue, patience, meekenesse.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 6:11
- Nor could Pym fail to notice that his old friend in rendering account of himself assumed the familiar meekness of the displaced person in the presence of his betters.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
meekness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada
meekness in Hindi
- meekness, humbleness
- दैन्य dainya
meekness in Tamil
- பொறை, பொறுமை
meekness in Urdu
- بےہمتی, مسکینی
meekness in Kannada
- ಸೌಮ್ಯತೆ, ಭಕ್ತಿ ಗೌರವ
Forms of meekness
| plural | meeknesses |
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Origin of meekness
From Middle English mekenesse, meknes, meocnesse; equivalent to meek + -ness.
Questions about meekness
- What does meekness mean?
- Meekness means the state or quality of being meek.
- What is meekness in Hindi?
- Meekness in Hindi is दैन्य (dainya). See Meekness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is meekness?
- Meekness is a noun.
- What is the plural of meekness?
- The plural of meekness is meeknesses.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: meekness (page history and authors); दैन्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); meekness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meekness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meekness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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