effacement effaceable • effacer · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · effacement · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) shortening of the uterine cervix and thinning of its walls as it is dilated during labor. · · Noun Definition 1 (noun) withdrawing into the background; making yourself inconspicuous. Synonyms: self-effacement. · · Noun Definition 2 Synonyms · · · self-effacement · · Synonym 1 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E t latin small letter t U+0074