modesty
modesty is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action. Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty. Shak. Modesty piece, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] Addison. See Bashfulness, and Humility.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- and
- are
- background
- bashful
- bashfulness
- beat
- blush
- blushing
- brother
- bushel
- candle
- cast
- ceremony
- chaste
- chastity
- cherry
- constrained
- constraint
- continence
- continent
- countenance
- coy
- decency
- decent
- decorous
- decorum
- delicacy
- delicate
- demure
- demureness
- depreciation
- detraction
- diffidence
- diffident
- disposition
- distance
- draw
- drum
- eye
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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