MODESTY Copy link • MODESTYBushfulness, pudor (general term, as a sense of honor, both as a preventive feeling and as a shame for having done anything disgraceful): pudicitia (natural shame, aversion to be exposed to the gaze of others, and hence, chaste sentiment, bushfulness): verecundia (dread of doing anything that will make us feel ashamed before those whom we respect). (The words are found in this connection and order.) pudor et verecundia; pudicitia et pudor; pudor pudicitiaque. Moderation, modestia (= moderation, unassuming character; opposed to licentia). (The words are found in this connection and order.) pudor et modestia.