modesty's
Humble virtue's possession
Modesty's is the possessive form of modesty—the quality of being unassuming about one's abilities or accomplishments, or of being reserved in dress or behavior.
Modesty's demands kept her from accepting public praise.
The word appears in constructions where modesty is personified or its effects are attributed: modesty's sake, modesty's limits.
Abstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- decencyMoral appropriateness in behavior
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
bashfulness · coyness · innocence · virginity · honor · reputation · guardian · protector
Layer that shields or hides
- necklineGarment's upper opening
- hemlineGarment's lowest edge
- sleevesGarment's arm portions
- garmentArticle of clothing
dress · attire · veil · headscarf · hijab · panel · standards · requirements
Moral goodness or merit
- humblenessState of being unpretentious
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
reserve · diffidence · unassuming · lowliness · simplicity · propriety · demureness · self-deprecation
Minimal physical extent
- limitationBound on extent
- restraintControl over impulses
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- scopeExtent or range
size · humbleness · unpretentiousness · simplicity · budget · ambition · claim · extent
chastity
Abstaining from sexual activity
propriety · bashfulness · coyness · innocence · virginity · honor · reputation · guardian · protector · preservation
covering
Layer that shields or hides
garment · dress · attire · veil · headscarf · hijab · panel · standards · requirements · guidelines
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- humblenessState of being unpretentious
- self-effacementDownplaying one's importance
- unpretentiousnessAbsence of showiness
meekness · reserve · diffidence · unassuming · lowliness · simplicity · propriety · demureness · self-deprecation · restraint
smallness
Minimal physical extent
- limitationBound on extent
- restraintControl over impulses
- proportionComparative relation of parts
scope · size · humbleness · unpretentiousness · simplicity · budget · ambition · claim · extent · reach
- false modestyPretend self-deprecation
- modesty lawsRegulations mandating body coverage