Definition of Shamefastness. Meaning of Shamefastness. Synonyms of Shamefastness

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Definition of Shamefastness

Shamefastness
Shamefast Shame"fast, a. [AS. scamf[ae]st.] Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. [Archaic] See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. --Chaucer. [Conscience] is a blushing shamefast spirit. --Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. --1 Tim. ii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).

Meaning of Shamefastness from wikipedia

- before their compounds are reanalyzed. The word shamefaced was originally shamefast. The original meaning of fast 'fixed in place' still exists, as in the...
- Littlemore visitation contains none of the references to modesty or shamefastness which usually appear when ****ual transgression is at issue". Logan has...