modesty.

The enemy had retired to a distance to continue their night patrol of the place; while the men upon the ramparts were reduced to the regular watch, and those off duty were being addressed by Ben, who sarcastically lectured them upon what he called their modesty.

The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War George Manville Fenn 1870

You, however, are well aware that I am very destitute of what is commonly called modesty.

Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli Ossoli, Margaret F 1851

For some simply wearing a dress as opposed to jeans/pants is a big step in modesty.

Home Living 2009

Wynd, of which every man of us is a better judge than him self, who is blinded with an unavailing nicety, which men call modesty.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

The drug policy agreement last summer was a model in modesty.

USATODAY.com - Baseball must deal with drug problem 2003

A virtue has been made out of this necessity, and it is called modesty.

On Human Nature 2004

That virtue in consequence of which an intelligent man, contented in mind and speech, achieves many good deeds and never incurs the censure of others, is called modesty.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Told it with the simplicity of sincerity, the fine seriousness untainted with the self-consciousness called modesty.

The Visioning Susan Glaspell 1915

His estimate of himself -- of his perfect originality, his utter disregard of established forms, and his typically American quality -- is a remarkably just one; he gives it without the slightest pretense at the reticence that convention calls modesty.

The Good Gray Poet 1895

And with another thing quite out of date, called modesty. '

A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves Poems of James Barron Hope James Barron Hope 1858