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pudency

[pyood-n-see]

noun

modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.

Origin:
1605–15; < Late Latin pudentia shame, equivalent to Latin pudent- (stem of pudēns, present participle of pudēre to be ashamed) + -ia -y³; see -ency

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pudency (ˈpjuːd^ənsɪ)

—n
	modesty, shame, or prudishness

[C17: from Late Latin pudentia, from Latin pudēre to feel shame]

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"Me of my lawful pleasure she restrained,
And prayed me oft forbearance; did it with
A pudency so rosy the sweet view on't
Might well have warmed old Saturn; that I thought her
As chaste as unsunned snow."

-Shakespeare

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