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Self-effacement

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. uncountable, usually

    "John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality."

  2. 2
    withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous wordnet

Etymology

From self- + effacement.

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