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EFFACEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
Synonyms:
effacement; self-effacement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("effacement" is a kind of...):
withdrawal (the act of withdrawing)
Derivation:
efface (make inconspicuous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("effacement" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Holonyms ("effacement" is a part of...):
childbed; confinement; labor; labour; lying-in; parturiency; travail (concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child)
