shamefastness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition or state of being shamefast.

Word forms

shamefastness

Etymology

From Middle English schamefastnesse, from Old English sċeamfæstness (“modesty”), equivalent to shamefast + -ness.

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