self-effacement

Noun

Meaning

withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

humility modesty shyness timidity reticence humbleness self-consciousness lowliness diffidence coyness self-abasement self-renunciation meekness bashfulness modestness
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Antonyms

atrocity self-respect ego trip

Hypernyms

withdrawal

Examples

All this slowness, all this hardness, The nearness that is waiting in my bed, The gradual self-effacement of the dead. Alun Lewis

In The School for Wives, it is Eveline's narrative, from the first elation of her love for Robert, a love which finds no flaw and only self-effacement before the assured superiority of her husband. Source: Internet

An important aspect of Sir Milton's character was his self-effacement. Source: Internet

In this text, the religion's basic pillars are summarized as: "The Yarsan should strive for these four qualities: purity, rectitude, self-effacement and self-abnegation". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

self-education self-educator self-educators self-effacing self-effacing person self-effacingly