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Definitions for Pudency
[1] modesty; bashfulness; shamefacedness.
[2] modesty, shame, or prudishness
Words related to Pudency
humiliation, guilt, confusion, irritation, remorse, scandal, stigma, contempt, disrepute, pang, abashment, mortification, obloquy, blot, reproach, dishonor, derision, discredit, stupefaction, compunction
Words nearby Pudency
puddingwife, puddle, puddle-jumper, puddling, puddock, pudency, pudendal artery, pudendal canal, pudendal nerve, pudendum, pudge
Origin of Pudency
1605–15; < Late Latin pudentia shame, equivalent to Latin pudent- (stem of pudēns, present participle of pudēre to be ashamed) + -ia -y3; see -ency
Word origin for Pudency
C17: from Late Latin pudentia, from Latin pudēre to feel shame
Synonyms for Pudency
confusion, contempt, guilt, humiliation, irritation, remorse, scandal, stigma, abashment, blot, chagrin, compunction, contrition, degradation, derision, discomposure, discredit, disesteem, dishonor, disrepute, ignominy, infamy, mortification, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pang, reproach, self-disgust, self-reproach, self-reproof, shamefacedness, smear, stupefaction, treachery, bad conscience, ill repute, loss of face, skeleton in the cupboard