self-effacement

Meaning

1. noun The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.

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

Similar words

effacement self-abnegation unpride unarrogance dissimulation self-naughting selfabsorption lowlihead egolessness unembarrassment

Word family

self-effacements