Search Result for "self-effacement": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous;
[syn: effacement, self-effacement]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-effacement
    n 1: withdrawing into the background; making yourself
         inconspicuous [syn: effacement, self-effacement]