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pu⋅den⋅cy

  [pyood-n-see]
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–noun
modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.
Origin:
1605–15; < LL pudentia shame, equiv. to L pudent- (s. of pudēns, prp. of pudēre to be ashamed) + -ia -y 3 ; see -ency
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pu·den·cy   (pyōōd'n-sē)   
n.  Modesty.

[Late Latin pudentia, from Latin pudēre, to make or be ashamed.]
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