effacement English

Meaning effacement meaning

What does effacement mean?

effacement

— noun shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor

— noun withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous

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effacement English » English

obliteration

erasure

self-effacement

extinguishment

destruction

wiping out

unpretentiousness

unobtrusiveness

unassumingness

simpleness

shrinking

shamefacedness

plainness

paying back debt

modesty

modestness

lowliness

extinction

erase

elimination

effacing

deletion

cancellation

austereness