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efface.

Verb
Formal
MEANING

1. 1) To erase or wear away a mark until it becomes faint or disappears. 2) To make oneself inconspicuous.

2. To make oneself inconspicuous or less noticeable, especially by avoiding attention or credit.

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Rain had effaced the chalk marks on the door.
She effaced herself behind the festival’s more confident organizers.

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efface
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Present
efface
Future
will efface

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