DIFFIDENCE

lack of self-confidence; timidness; shyness. —Freedom Congress Glossary (approved 5-9-90)

lack of self-confidence; timidness; shyness.lack of self-confidence; timidness; shyness. They have a certain diffidence about all this. -Purpose and Need of Training Drills (5 July 1957) lack of confidence in oneself, marked by a hesitancy to assert oneself; shyness.