What does humility mean?
: freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble accepted the honor with humility The ordeal taught her humility.
How do you pronounce humility?
Is the H silent in Humble?
However, in today’s word the H appears in an accented syllable, so it should be pronounced. Still, if you are from the US South, you may pronounce today’s word umble. It’s OK if you do. Since the H of humble wasn’t pronounced at the time, it took over the job of umble.
Do you pronounce the H in white?
In my region we don’t say “hwite”. instead the “h” is completely silent. We say, “wite” and the “w” is exactly the same as the “w” sound in “wife”. However, I have heard quite a few people (maybe they were from the Southeastern US) pronounce the “wh” sound as though it were written “hw”.