1. Shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labour 
2. Withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous
   - self-effacement

Derived forms: effacements

See also: efface

Type of: biological process, organic process, withdrawal

Part of: childbed, confinement, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], lying-in, parturiency, travail

Encyclopedia: Effacement

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