noun
- Reserve in speech, behavior, or dress: demureness, diffidence, modesty, reticence. See restraint/unrestraint.
self-effacement
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
Synonym: effacement
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