Usually means: Reducing arrogance through sobering experiences.
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  1. humbling: Merriam-Webster
  2. humbling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. humbling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Humbling, humbling: Wordnik
  5. humbling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. humbling: Wiktionary
  7. Humbling, humbling: Dictionary.com
  8. humbling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Humbling (film), The Humbling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Humbling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. humbling: Rhymezone
  12. Humbling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. humbling: FreeDictionary.org
  14. humbling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. humbling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. humbling: Legal dictionary

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  1. humbling: Idioms

(Note: See humble as well.)

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noun:  An event which causes humbleness; a set-down.
adjective:  Of higher rank, status, quality, strength, etc.; inducing a feeling of inferiority.

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