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modesty
English
Etymology
From Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?d.?.sti/
Noun
modesty (usually uncountable, plural modesties)
- The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
- Moderate behaviour; reserve.
- (specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.
Antonyms
- immodesty
- extravagance
- impudence
Derived terms
- false modesty
- modesty bag
- modesty bit
- modesty board
- modesty panel
- modesty piece
Related terms
- modestly
Translations
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