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Diffidence
Diffidence meaning
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement. | Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
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Example sentences (4)
Firstly, it gives away a deep-seated diffidence in the Planning Authority’s efforts to execute its mandate and protect such sites.
Was my diffidence because I missed the real-life meeting?
The cast is made up of the kind of men the cast is playing; Grisebach’s construction workers are real workers, and their keep-to-themselves diffidence proves entirely convincing.
In public, however, he tended to freeze up, either out of diffidence or too stern a sense of the dignity of office.