Synonyms for meekness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : meek
Phonetic Transcription : mik


Définition of meekness

Origin :
  • c.1200, meknesse; see meek (adj.) + -ness.
  • noun submission
Example sentences :
  • Receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • Though not a revengeful character, he had not that meekness which never resents.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • She speaks gently, but there is an obstinacy in him, despite his meekness.
  • Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie
  • His anger changed to meekness, and his words were mild and fawning.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Can he compass his spirit with meekness, and strangle a natural oath?
  • Extract from : « Farm Ballads » by Will Carleton
  • "I haven't acted quite right," said Harvey, surprised at his own meekness.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The rage of the wolf is changed to the meekness of the lamb.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • This meekness of wisdom Elder Knowles preeminently possessed.
  • Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
  • Yet by her meekness she had oftentimes controlled them both.
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)
  • I may have ideals if I like—even of love and forbearance and meekness.
  • Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence

Antonyms for meekness

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