Handbra vs. Modesty — What's the Difference?

A handbra (also hand bra or hand-bra) is the practice of covering female nipples and areolae with hands or arms. It often is done in compliance with censors' guidelines, public authorities and community standards when female breasts are required to be covered in film or other media.

Modesty, sometimes known as demureness, is a mode of dress and deportment which intends to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others. The word "modesty" comes from the Latin word modestus which means "keeping within measure".

(colloquial) The act of covering the nipples and areolae with the hands, sometimes used for modesty in photographic poses.

The state or quality of being moderate in the estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value.

Reserve or propriety in speech, dress, or behavior

The state of being unostentatious or moderate in size, quantity, or range

The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.

Moderate behaviour; reserve.

(specifically) Pudency, avoidance of sexual explicitness.

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.

Freedom from vanity or conceit

Formality and propriety of manner