diff-i-dence
noun :: Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
"Well, hardening my heart, and putting my diffidence into my ragged pocket, I approached Peter Petrovitch, and halted before him more dead than alive." -- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
noun :: Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.
"Well, hardening my heart, and putting my diffidence into my ragged pocket, I approached Peter Petrovitch, and halted before him more dead than alive." -- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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