modesty (n.)
- aloofness
- altruism
- backwardness
- bashfulness
- blankness
- chilliness
- coldness
- commitment
- compunction
- consecration
- constraint
- coolness
- decency
- decorousness
- decorum
- dedication
- delicacy
- demur
- demurral
- detachment
- devotion
- diffidence
- discreetness
- discretion
- disinterest
- disinterestedness
- distance
- dullness
- elegance
- falter
- faltering
- frigidity
- frostiness
- hesitance
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- homeliness
- humbleness
- humility
- iciness
- impassiveness
- impassivity
- inaccessibility
- indifference
- introversion
- lowliness
- meanness
- mediocrity
- meekness
- moderateness
- modestness
- objection
- pause
- plainness
- poorness
- propriety
- protest
- qualm
- recoil
- remoteness
- repression
- reserve
- respectability
- restraint
- reticence
- retirement
- sacrifice
- scruple
- scrupulousness
- seemliness
- self-abasement
- self-abnegation
- self-denial
- self-effacement
- self-sacrifice
- selflessness
- shame
- shrinking
- shyness
- simpleness
- smallness
- standoffishness
- subduedness
- submissiveness
- suppression
- tediousness
- unapproachability
- uncongeniality
- unimportance
- unpretentiousness
- unselfishness
- withdrawal
- withdrawnness
Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.
He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Such an act
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty.
Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
They may seize
On the white wonder of dear Juliet's hand
And steal immortal blessing from her lips,
Who, even in pure and vestal modesty,
Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.
