Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.
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Effacement
Synonyms for "effacement" (8 found)
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1 entries- effacement noun (withdraw in order to make oneself inconspicuous)
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