meekness
- n the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
- n a disposition to be patient and long suffering
- Although the institutional integrity of Congress is more than a partisan concern, the Democratic leaders of both chambersoften criticized for their meekness in letting their .
- The boldness of Dolly Madison, Mary Todd Lincoln and so many first ladies, but the meekness of Laura Bush.
- The assumption of liberal meekness may also prove faulty.