self-effacement
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noun
- The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.“John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.”
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effacementself-abnegationunprideunarrogancedissimulationself-naughtingselfabsorptionlowliheadegolessnessunembarrassmentlow profileblushlessnessreflectionlessnessskulkself-exileabstinence