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# meekness

«meekness» in Mova's school dictionary: **quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (meekness, no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Meekness is quiet, gentle behaviour; a person with meekness is not proud, loud or angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a gentle quality of a character in a tale, often a beast or a person who is calm and kind, so others feel safe

### examples

- The meekness of the lamb calmed the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekness/#x1)
- He showed meekness even when he was teased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekness/#x2)
- With meekness the beast let the boy come near. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «meekness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/meekness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.