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Native Americans seem to have always placed great value on silence and direct experience, and in indigenous cultures in general, silence denotes respect and self-effacement.
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effacement — [ efasmɑ̃ ] n. m. • esfacement XIIIe; de effacer 1 ♦ Action d effacer; son résultat. Effacement accidentel d un fichier informatique. ⇒ destruction, disparition. Ling. Ellipse syntaxique. ♢ Fig. L effacement d un souvenir. 2 ♦ Action de s effacer … Encyclopédie Universelle
Effacement — may refer to: Histology Effacement (histology), the shortening, or thinning, of a tissue. Cervical effacement, the thinning of the cervix. Paleontology Effacement, an evolutionary trend resulting in the loss of surface detail in trilobites … Wikipedia
Effacement — Ef*face ment, n. [Cf. F. effacement.] The act if effacing; also, the result of the act. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
effacement — index annulment, defacement, dissolution (termination) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
effacement — Effacement, Obliteratio, Deletio … Thresor de la langue françoyse
effacement — (è fa se man) s. m. 1° Action d effacer ; résultat de cette action. L effacement de l écriture. 2° Fig. • Qu est ce que le jeûne, sinon l effacement de nos offenses ?, BOUHOURS Nouv. rem.. 3° Perte de l empreinte propre. L effacement des… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
EFFACEMENT — n. m. Action d’effacer, de s’effacer. Dans ce manuscrit, l’effacement des lettres rend la lecture presque impossible. Fig., L’effacement des impressions, des caractères. Rester dans un effacement volontaire … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
effacement — trynimas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. erasure vok. Löschung, f rus. стирание, n pranc. effacement, m … Automatikos terminų žodynas
effacement — efface ► VERB 1) erase (a mark) from a surface. 2) (efface oneself) make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous. DERIVATIVES effacement noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «pardon or be absolved from (an offence)»: from French effacer,… … English terms dictionary
effacement — noun 1. shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor • Hypernyms: ↑organic process, ↑biological process • Part Holonyms: ↑parturiency, ↑labor, ↑labour, ↑confinement, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
