1. meekness(n = noun.feeling) submission - the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness;
is a kind of humbleness, humility
Derived forms adjective meek1, adjective meek2
2. meekness(n = noun.attribute) subduedness - a disposition to be patient and long suffering;
is a kind of humbleness, humility
has particulars: spinelessness
Derived forms adjective meek3, adjective meek1
The quality or state of being meek. [1913 Webster]
N humility, humbleness, meekness, lowness, lowliness, lowlihood, abasement, self-abasement, submission, resignation, condescension, affability, modesty, verecundity, blush, suffusion, confusion, sense of shame, sense of disgrace, humiliation, mortification, let down, set down, humble, lowly, meek, modest, humble minded, sober-minded, unoffended, submissive, servile, condescending, affable, humbled, bowed down, resigned, abashed, ashamed, dashed, out of countenance, down in the mouth, down on one's knees, down on one's marrowbones, down on one's uppers, humbled in the dust, browbeaten, chapfallen, crestfallen, dumfoundered, flabbergasted, shorn of one's glory, with downcast eyes, with bated breath, with bended knee, on all fours, on one's feet, under correction, with due deference, I am your obedient servant, I am your very humble servant, my service to you, da locum melioribus, parvum parva decent.