Word: effacement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ef
face
ment
Definition: Withdrawal in order to make oneself inconspicuous; the making of oneself inconspicuous.
Morphemes:
Affix: efface
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make oneself inobtrusive as if due to modesty or diffidence.
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.