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usually uncountable, plural modesties
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities. quotations examples
At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
Moderate behaviour; reserve. examples
(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness. examples