  Another type of weak accuracy account is the de-emphasis account. Defended by Ridge (2000) this account makes modesty a matter of de-emphasizing one’s good qualities for the right reasons. De-emphasizing here includes things like not going out of your way to stress the significance of your good qualities. This kind of account allows modesty to be compatible with accurate self-knowledge, though de-emphasis is also compatible with inaccurate self-assessment too.