Character Definitions for Meekness

  • Yielding my personal rights and expectations with a desire to serve others 
  • Responding properly to anger when others violate personal rights 
  • Learning to earn the right to be heard rather than demanding a hearing 
  • The ability or tendency to endure injury with patience and without resentment (Dictionary Definition)
  • adjective having a mild and gentle temper; submissive. meek’en verb transitive to render meek. verb intransitive to become meek. meek’ly adverb. meek’ness noun the state or quality of being meek. »Old Norse mjukr; early Modern Dutch muik soft (The Chambers Dictionary on CD-ROM)