self-effacing (adj.)
- altruistic
- backward
- bashful
- committed
- consecrated
- dedicated
- deprecative
- deprecatory
- devoted
- diffident
- disinterested
- humble
- modest
- retiring
- sacrificing
- self-abnegating
- self-denying
- self-deprecating
- self-forgetful
- self-sacrificing
- selfless
- shy
- timid
- unacquisitive
- unassertive
- unassured
- unpretentious
- unselfish