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Reserve in speech, behavior, or dress

demureness
The state or quality of being demure.

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1. The state or quality of being demure.
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modesty
The state of being unostentatious or moderate in size, quantity, or range:
Decency; decorum
Reserve or propriety in speech, dress, or behavior:

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1. The state of being unostentatious or moderate in size, quantity, or range:
2. Decency; decorum
3. Reserve or propriety in speech, dress, or behavior:
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reticence
The quality or state, or an instance, of being reticent; reserve

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1. The quality or state, or an instance, of being reticent; reserve
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self-effacement
The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
The practice of keeping oneself in the background and minimizing one's own actions; modest, retiring behavior

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1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
2. The practice of keeping oneself in the background and minimizing one's own actions; modest, retiring behavior
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Another word for diffidence

Noun

timidity
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reserve
(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
(Military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
Personnel or units in the armed forces not on active duty but subject to call; militia

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1. (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
2. (Military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
3. Personnel or units in the armed forces not on active duty but subject to call; militia
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constraint
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness:

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1. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
2. The state of being restricted or confined within prescribed bounds:
3. Embarrassed reserve or reticence; awkwardness:
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