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Another word for self-effacing

adjective

Not forward but reticent or reserved in manner:

backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, modest, retiring, shy¹, timid. See restraint

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There's nothing he loves more than self-effacing honesty, even if it's usually found in others and rarely himself.
This self-effacing and constant judging of self keeps Aquarius honest and humble.
Under these mute self-effacing kings the progress of royal power was only the more striking.

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