"pudency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pudencies [plural]
Etymology: From Latin pudentia, from Latin pudet (“it shames”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|pudentia}} Latin pudentia, {{uder|en|la|pudet||it shames}} Latin pudet (“it shames”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pudency (countable and uncountable, plural pudencies)
  1. (obsolete) Modesty. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Related terms: impudence, pudic

Inflected forms

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