1) Aw shucks quality 2) Baroque sculpture 3) Bashfulness 4) Blush 5) Blushing 6) Decency 7) Demureness 8) Demureness or bashfulness 9) Diffidence 10) English girl name 11) Freedom from vanity 12) French word used in English 13) Humbleness 14) Humility 15) Mauvaise honte 16) Moderation 17) Reason to blush
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1) Coyness 2) Demureness 3) Grundyism 4) Humbleness 5) Humility 6) Politeness 7) Primness 8) Prudery 9) Prudishness 10) Pudency 11) Purity 12) Shyness
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- freedom from vanity or conceit
- formality and propriety of manner
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Modesty is a mode of dress and deportment intended to avoid encouraging sexual attraction in others; actual standards vary widely. In this use, it can be considered inappropriate or immodest to reveal certain parts of the body. A modest person would behave so as to avoid encouraging the sexual attention of others. In some societies, modesty may in...
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[sloop] Modesty was an oyster sloop built in 1923 by The Wood and Chute Shipyard of Greenport, Long Island. Modeled after the catboat Honest, which was built in 1892 by Jelle Dykstra on the west bank of Greens Creek, West Sayville, Modesty was built as a gaff-rigged sloop, but retained the extreme beam of a catboat. For auxiliary power, a t...
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• (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one`s own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one`s own merit. • (n.) Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manner...
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(from the article `dress`) In antiquity total nudity was acceptable for both sexes in gymnasia, at funerals, and in temples. It was only with the rise of Christianity, and 600 ...
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Underrepresenting one's positive traits, contributions, or accomplishments.
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Mod'es·ty noun [ Latin
modestia : confer French
modestie . See
Modest .]
1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respe...
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n] - freedom from vanity or conceit 2. [n] - formality and propriety of manner
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noun freedom from vanity or conceit
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the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc. · regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc. · simplicity; moderation.
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