mod ‧ es ‧ ty /ˈmɒdəsti, ˈmɒdɪsti $ ˈmɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
1 . a modest way of behaving or talking:
‘Anyone else would have done the same thing,’ he said with typical modesty.
2 . unwillingness to show your body or do anything that may attract sexual interest
3 . in all modesty spoken used when you want to talk about something good you have done, but you do not want to seem too proud:
I think in all modesty that I can take some small credit for the team’s success.
4 . modesty forbids spoken used when saying jokingly that you do not want to talk about your achievements
⇨ false modesty at ↑ false (4)