diffidence
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diffidence englanniksi
The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
(RQ:Austen Emma)
(RQ:Mary Shelley Frankenstein)
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Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-1)
(RQ:Milton Eikonoklastes)
1777, (w), ''The School for Scandal'', V.Scene the Last:
- I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time—