modesty
- noun (n)
Meaning: shyness
Synonyms:
bashfulness
celibacy
chastity
constraint
coyness
decency
delicacy
demureness
diffidence
discreetness
humbleness
humility
inhibition
innocence
lack of pretension
meekness
propriety
prudery
purity
quietness
reserve
reticence
selfeffacement
simplicity
timidity
unobtrusiveness
unostentatiousness
unpretentiousness
virtue
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