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What does self-effacement mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility.
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It is a quest to do with self-effacement in the resurgence of the image of me.
The teacher's self-effacement and commitment are like the two sides of the same coin, his fundamental attitude toward his relations in education.
But to do so takes self-control, self-effacement and self-denial, virtues that seem to be out of style these days.
We discovered a two-fold perspective for him: on the one hand the self-effacement of the teacher with regard to his students.
After several years of relative self-effacement, Russia is now going after new markets.
So, despite their apparent self-effacement, women played a major role in restoring peace in traditional society.

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