Humility
Etymology
From Latin humilitas, "lowness, insignificance," from humilis, "lowly," which comes literally from humus, "the ground, the earth." To be humble is, at root, to be low to the ground. The word carries that image of being close to the earth rather than towering above it — grounded, in the fullest sense.
noun · /hyoo-MIL-ih-tee/
A modest, unexaggerated sense of one’s own importance and abilities.
What it names
The virtue of holding an accurate, unpuffed view of yourself — neither grovelling nor grand, simply honest about your place.
Example
For all his fame, he had the humility to credit the technicians whose work made the discovery possible.
Related idea
Modesty is restraint in displaying one’s merits — a matter of behavior. Humility is the inner reality behind it: a genuinely low estimate of one’s own importance.