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Noun: modesty  mó-dis-tee
  1. Freedom from vanity or conceit
    - modestness
     
  2. Formality and propriety of manner
    - reserve

Derived forms: modesties

See also: immodest, modest

Type of: correctitude, decency, properness, propriety

Antonym: immodesty

Encyclopedia: Modesty

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