effacements Definition

to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface; also : to cause to vanish

to make (oneself) modestly or shyly inconspicuous

the act or process of effacing or eliminating something; especially : reduction to insignificance

the thinning or obliteration of tissue or narrowing of an internal anatomical space; especially : the shortening and thinning of the uterine cervix during labor so that only the external orifice remains

the placing or keeping of oneself in an inconspicuous role or position especially due to modesty or shyness