noun. The quality of being meek; softness of temper; mildness; gentleness; forbearance under injuries and provocations; unrepining submission.

noun. Synonyms Lowliness, humility, self-abasement. See comparison under gentle.

noun. The quality or state of being meek.

noun. the quality of being meek

noun. the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness

noun. a disposition to be patient and long suffering

"I'd also have to say, just to be a nit, that if you are committed enough to the life of the imagination to be a writer -- a non-didactic writer for children, though still a political one -- then perhaps this implies some sort of faith in meekness ...?"

humbleness  humility  

amiability  benignity  calmness  candour  disinterestedness