When someone demonstrates the quality of not being proud or haughty, we say that person has humility. Or is that humbleness? Both words are legitimate and both have the same meaning. They are interchangable.
Example: Instead of arguing, he showed humility when he apologised for his mistake and took responsibility.
It also works if you use humbleness instead of humility.
Example: Instead of arguing, he showed humbleness when he apologised for his mistake and took responsibility.
But to my ear, the word humbleness doesn't sound as good as humility. Try reading out loud the two variations of the above sentence and you'll see what I mean. So I'd rather use humility over humbleness any day. That's my humble opinion.
