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Noun: modestness  mó-dist-nus
  1. The property of being moderate in price or expenditures
    "the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately";
    - reasonableness, moderateness
     
  2. Freedom from vanity or conceit
    - modesty

See also: immodest, modest

Type of: decency, inexpensiveness