timidity

timidity
I
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Fear]
Syn. fearfulness, cowardliness, softness; see cowardice , fear 2 .
2. [Reserve]
Syn. calmness, shyness, quiet; see reserve 2 .
II
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. An awkwardness or lack of self-confidence in the presence of others: backwardness, bash-fulness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidness. See RESTRAINT. 2. The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidness, to-and-fro, vacillation. See DECIDE.

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