Hesitance
Hesitance noun - A state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action.
Usage example: she mistook my hesitance to mean I didn't like her poem, but I was trying to come up with appropriate words of praise
Timidness
Timidness noun - Lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- indisposition and hesitance
- indisposition and timidness
- apprehension and hesitance
- apprehension and timidness
- delay and hesitance
- delay and timidness
- wavering and hesitance
- wavering and timidness
- doubt and hesitance
- doubt and timidness
- pause and hesitance
- pause and timidness
- vacillation and hesitance
- vacillation and timidness
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