modesty
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Sense: The state of being modest
Synonyms:
humility, unpretentiousness, unassumingness, delicacy, unostentatiousness, reticence, reserve Collocations, constraint Collocations, unobtrusiveness, self-effacement, meekness, courtesy Collocations, dignity, restraint Collocations, demureness
Antonyms:
vanity, arrogance, pretentiousness, egotism, egoism
Sense: Shyness
Synonyms:
inhibition, timidity, diffidence, shyness, humility, retiring disposition, bashfulness, constraint Collocations
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Sense: Chastity
Synonyms:
decency, innocence, seemliness, celibacy, chastity, purity, virtue, abstinence, chasteness, cleanness, continence, demureness, honor Collocations, immaculacy, integrity Collocations, spotlessness, temperance, uprightness, virginity
Antonyms:
immodesty, impurity, immorality, indecency