EFFACEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)