Meekness

Meekness is an attribute of human nature and behavior that has been defined as an amalgam of righteousness, inner humility, and patience.^[1]

Meekness has been contrasted with humility alone insomuch as humility simply refers to an attitude towards oneself—a restraining of one's own power^[2] so as to allow room for others—whereas meekness refers to the treatment of others.^[3]

^ "meekness". The Free Dictionary.
^ Matthew, Henry (1806). A Discourse Concerning Meekness. Cambridge: Wm. Hilliard.^{[page needed]}
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- Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew (2011). Receptive Human Virtues: A New Reading of Jonathan Edwards's Ethics. p. 82. [Jonathan Edwards] distinguishes the two in the Work of Redemption by suggesting that humility and patience are virtues a moral agent cultivates respecting herself, and meekness is a virtue that an agent exercises twoard others.
- Bassett, K. Douglas (2008). Doctrinal Insights to the Book of Mormon. p. 197.

[TFD-1] "meekness". The Free Dictionary.

[2] Matthew, Henry (1806). A Discourse Concerning Meekness. Cambridge: Wm. Hilliard.^{[page needed]}

[3] 
Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew (2011). Receptive Human Virtues: A New Reading of Jonathan Edwards's Ethics. p. 82. [Jonathan Edwards] distinguishes the two in the Work of Redemption by suggesting that humility and patience are virtues a moral agent cultivates respecting herself, and meekness is a virtue that an agent exercises twoard others.
Bassett, K. Douglas (2008). Doctrinal Insights to the Book of Mormon. p. 197.

[4] Cochran, Elizabeth Agnew (2011). Receptive Human Virtues: A New Reading of Jonathan Edwards's Ethics. p. 82. [Jonathan Edwards] distinguishes the two in the Work of Redemption by suggesting that humility and patience are virtues a moral agent cultivates respecting herself, and meekness is a virtue that an agent exercises twoard others.

[5] Bassett, K. Douglas (2008). Doctrinal Insights to the Book of Mormon. p. 197.

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