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self-effacement
noun as in modesty
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It is no wonder he could not find the balance between self-effacement and self-promotion.
"I'm just a hack," he says, sincerely, although I believe his self-effacement doubles as a cover.
This will require patience and self-effacement from a man accustomed to dominating the economic-policy discussion.
Owing to her consummate genius for self-effacement, Brodrick remained peculiarly unaware.
She had produced the effect of shrinking from observation under some subtle shadow of self-effacement.
Somehow, their self-effacement in his behalf touched him more keenly than anything else had done during this troubled period.
His self-effacement strengthened the position of the legate.
At half-past ten Tibby, with rare self-effacement, fell asleep, and Margaret was able to drive her aunt to the station.
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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to self-effacement, such as: bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, and decency.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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