English Explanatory Dictionary

self-effacement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.

Word forms

self-effacement self-effacements

Etymology

From self- + effacement.

Derived words

self-effacingness self-effacing self-effacingly
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