modesty
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French modestie, from Latin modestia
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Noun[edit]
modesty (usually uncountable, plural modesties)
- The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
- Moderate behaviour; reserve.
- (specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.
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Translations[edit]
the quality of being modest
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moderate behaviour; reserve
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pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness
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