Converse of object

• preserve: Paul was attempting to preserve the modesty of the day.

• have: You'd think the ladies would have a little more modesty.

• show: As for those who simply consider themselves the « nucleus » of the revolutionary party, they show a little more modesty.

• protect: Bathing machines were invented to protect the modesty of female bathers at a time before'mixed bathing ' was acceptable.

• become: Ian's assurance on matters to do with his distillery is balanced by a becoming modesty in most other things.

• require: Modesty required that every nun sleep alone, but the patriarchal authorities feared what might go on behind closed doors.

Preposition: as

• virtue: In part, this can be explained by the socialization of women, which celebrates modesty as a distinctly feminine virtue.

Adjective modifier

• innate: His innate modesty and his sense of artistic privacy would certainly make him shun such a title but he fully deserved it nonetheless.

• false: I've never been a believer in false modesty.

• excessive: Excessive modesty has no place in a teaching practice record.

• typical: It'll blow your wig off, " says Shadow with typical modesty.

• characteristic: Alastair, with characteristic modesty, conceded he had his fair share of luck during his innings.

• extreme: Here is an abridged version of Judy's story, edited to avoid her extreme modesty where necessary.

Modifies a noun

• panel: The modesty panel can be fitted in front or back positions.

• curtain: The staff were dressed in tartan waistcoats, and the rooms were cozy, with four-poster beds, modesty curtains and rocking chairs.

Possessives

• sake: It grows later now, then so For modesty's sake make more speed this way.

Preposition: in

• dress: In everyday life, however, Thais cultivate and appreciate discreet behavior and modesty in dress.

Preposition: of

• nature: The fact is that the fierceness of Master Edward Stanley somewhat violates the modesty of nature.

• man: Is it that in his courtesy he is respecting the modesty of the man to whom he is referring?