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pudor — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • modesty noun The quality of not boasting about one's abilities or achievements; humility.
  • shame noun A painful feeling of embarrassment or guilt caused by awareness of having done something wrong or improper.

Senses

pudor is used for these senses in English:

  • modesty (specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.
  • pudor An appropriate sense of modesty or shame.
  • shame An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
  • shame Something to regret.

modesty — full definition

  1. noun The quality of not boasting about one's abilities or achievements; humility.
  2. noun Behavior or dress that avoids drawing sexual attention.

shame — full definition

  1. noun A painful feeling of embarrassment or guilt caused by awareness of having done something wrong or improper.
  2. noun A regrettable or disappointing situation (often as an exclamation).
  3. verb To cause someone to feel shame, or to publicly criticize them for something.

Related Latin words