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effacement

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French effacement.

  1. borrowed from effacement

Definitions

  1. The act of expunging, of wiping out

    The act of expunging, of wiping out; expungement.

  2. Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous

    Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.

    • Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.

  3. A shortening, or thinning, of the cervix before or during early labour.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA