self-effacement

It is no wonder he could not find the balance between self-effacement and self-promotion.

"I'm just a hack," he says, sincerely, although I believe his self-effacement doubles as a cover.

This will require patience and self-effacement from a man accustomed to dominating the economic-policy discussion.

Owing to her consummate genius for self-effacement, Brodrick remained peculiarly unaware.

She had produced the effect of shrinking from observation under some subtle shadow of self-effacement.

Somehow, their self-effacement in his behalf touched him more keenly than anything else had done during this troubled period.

His self-effacement strengthened the position of the legate.

At half-past ten Tibby, with rare self-effacement, fell asleep, and Margaret was able to drive her aunt to the station.