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Adjective: self-deprecating  `self'de-pru`key-ting
  1. Conscious of your own shortcomings
    "His self-deprecating manner won him affection as well as respect"

See also: apologetic, excusatory

Encyclopedia: Self-deprecating

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self-criticism
self-cultivation
self-deceit
self-deception
self-defeating
self-defence
self-defense
self-delusion
self-denial
self-denying
self-deprecating
self-depreciation
self-destroy
self-destruct
self-destruction
self-destructive
self-determination
self-digestion
self-directed
self-direction
self-discipline