'Modesty' definitions:
Definition of 'modesty'
(from WordNet)
noun
Freedom from vanity or conceit [syn: modesty, modestness] [ant: immodesty]
noun
Formality and propriety of manner [syn: modesty, reserve]
Definition of 'Modesty'
From: GCIDE
- Modesty \Mod"es*ty\, n. [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See Modest.]
- 1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. [1913 Webster]
- Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Modesty piece, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See Bashfulness, and Humility. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modesty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloofness,
- altruism,
- backwardness,
- bashfulness,
- blankness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- chilliness,
- coldness,
- commitment,
- compunction,
- consecration,
- constraint,
- coolness,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- dedication,
- delicacy,
- demur,
- demurral,
- detachment,
- devotion,
- diffidence,
- discreetness,
- discretion,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- distance,
- dullness,
- elegance,
- expressionlessness,
- fairishness,
- falter,
- faltering,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- guardedness,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- homeliness,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- iciness,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- impersonality,
- inaccessibility,
- indifference,
- ingloriousness,
- innocuousness,
- introversion,
- lackluster,
- lowlihood,
- lowliness,
- meanness,
- mediocreness,
- mediocrity,
- meekness,
- middlingness,
- moderateness,
- modestness,
- objection,
- passableness,
- pause,
- plainness,
- poorness,
- propriety,
- protest,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- recoil,
- remoteness,
- repression,
- reserve,
- reservedness,
- respectability,
- restraint,
- reticence,
- reticency,
- retirement,
- sacrifice,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- seemliness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-denial,
- self-devotion,
- self-effacement,
- self-forgetfulness,
- self-immolation,
- self-neglect,
- self-neglectfulness,
- self-renouncement,
- self-sacrifice,
- self-subjection,
- selflessness,
- shame,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- simpleness,
- smallness,
- standoffishness,
- stickling,
- subduedness,
- submissiveness,
- suppression,
- teachableness,
- tediousness,
- tolerableness,
- unacquisitiveness,
- unaffability,
- unapproachability,
- uncongeniality,
- undemonstrativeness,
- unexpansiveness,
- unimportance,
- unpossessiveness,
- unpretentiousness,
- unselfishness,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawnness