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humility
The quality or condition of being humble.
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  1. The quality or condition of being humble.
  2. The state or quality of being humble; absence of vanity or excessive pride
unpretentiousness
The state or condition of being unpretentious.
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  1. The state or condition of being unpretentious.
unassumingness
The quality of being unassuming.
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  1. The quality of being unassuming.
delicacy
Fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation
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  1. Fineness of feeling, observation, or appreciation
  2. A sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered improper or offensive
  3. Sensitivity to very small changes; precision:
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
reserve
(Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
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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
constraint
The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
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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:
self-effacement
The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
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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
meekness
The quality of being meek
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  1. The quality of being meek
inhibition
(Psychology) Conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, desire, or impulse.
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  1. (Psychology) Conscious or unconscious restraint of a behavioral process, desire, or impulse.
  2. Anything that inhibits, esp., a mental or psychological process that restrains or suppresses an action, emotion, or thought
  3. An inhibiting or being inhibited
diffidence
The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness.
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  1. The quality or state of being diffident; timidity or shyness.
  2. Lack of confidence in oneself, marked by hesitation in asserting oneself; shyness
decency
The quality or condition of being decent; propriety of conduct and speech; proper behavior, modesty, courtesy, etc.
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  1. The quality or condition of being decent; propriety of conduct and speech; proper behavior, modesty, courtesy, etc.
  2. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
  3. Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
innocence
Freedom from legal guilt
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  1. Freedom from legal guilt
  2. Ignorance or inexperience, specif. with regard to sex
  3. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
seemliness
(Countable) The result or product of being seemly.
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  1. (Countable) The result or product of being seemly.
  2. (Uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
celibacy
The state of being unmarried, esp. that of a person under a vow not to marry
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  1. The state of being unmarried, esp. that of a person under a vow not to marry
  2. Complete sexual abstinence
  3. The condition of remaining unmarried, especially for religious reasons.
humbleness
Humility; the property of being humble.
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  1. Humility; the property of being humble.
humility
The state or quality of being humble; absence of vanity or excessive pride
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  1. The state or quality of being humble; absence of vanity or excessive pride
  2. The quality or condition of being humble.
lowliness
The property of being lowly.
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  1. The property of being lowly.
meekness
The quality of being meek
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  1. The quality of being meek
demureness
The state or quality of being demure.
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  1. The state or quality of being demure.
diffidence
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
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  1. The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
  2. Lack of confidence in oneself, marked by hesitation in asserting oneself; shyness
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
self-effacement
The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
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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
chastity
(Rare) A female given name from the virtue chastity.
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  1. (Rare) A female given name from the virtue chastity.
  2. The quality or state of being chaste
  3. The condition or quality of being chaste, especially the condition of not having had sexual intercourse or of abstaining from sexual relations.
decency
Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
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  1. Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
  2. Surroundings or services deemed necessary for an acceptable standard of living.
  3. The quality or condition of being decent; propriety of conduct and speech; proper behavior, modesty, courtesy, etc.
innocence
Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.
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  1. Freedom from guile, cunning, or deceit; simplicity or artlessness.
  2. The state, quality, or virtue of being innocent, especially:
  3. Freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
purity
The quality or condition of being pure:
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  1. The quality or condition of being pure:
  2. Freedom from evil or sin; innocence; chastity
  3. Freedom from spiritual or moral defilement; innocence or chastity:
virginity
The quality or condition of being a virgin.
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  1. The quality or condition of being a virgin.
  2. The state or fact of being a virgin
virtue
Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
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  1. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
  2. Effective force or power:
  3. An example or kind of moral excellence:
virtuousness
The state of being virtuous
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  1. The state of being virtuous
plainness
(Uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
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  1. (Uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
  2. (Countable) The product or result of being plain
simpleness
The property of being simple.
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  1. The property of being simple.
simplicity
A simple state or quality, as of form or composition; freedom from intricacy or complexity
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  1. A simple state or quality, as of form or composition; freedom from intricacy or complexity
  2. The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.
  3. Absence of elegance, embellishment, luxury, etc.; plainness
unassumingness
The quality of being unassuming.
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  1. The quality of being unassuming.
unpretentiousness
The state or condition of being unpretentious.
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  1. The state or condition of being unpretentious.
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Sentence Examples

  • It is considered essential to modesty to cover the head.

  • Before she could escape into the modesty of the robe, he pulled her toward him.

  • Even if modesty wasn't at the top of Franny's traits-list, it was January!

  • He was marked by the modesty of true genius, and his life was given to the single-minded pursuit of truth.

  • He had seemed amused by her modesty in the past, and yet it had obviously troubled him.

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