Limitation vs Modesty - What's the difference?
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The act of limiting or the state of being limited.
A restriction; a boundary, real or metaphorical, caused by some thing or some circumstance.
An imperfection or shortcoming which limits somethings use or value.
A time period after which some legal action may no longer be brought.
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
Moderate behaviour; reserve.
(lb) Pudency, prudish avoidance of sexual explicitness.
Limitation is a related term of modesty.
As nouns the difference between limitation and modesty
is that limitation is the act of limiting or the state of being limited while modesty is the quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.limitation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Getting into his wheelchair after his amputation it felt like a limitation you could roll in.
- He understood the exam material but his fear was a limitation he could not overcome.
- ''The lawyer obtained impunity by dragging his obviously guilty client's case beyond the 10 years limitation