diffidence

Etymology
From, from , from and. Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.

Noun

 * 1) The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
 * 2) * 1897, José María de Pereda, translated by William Henry Bishop, Cleto's Proposal to Sotileza (an excerpt from Sotileza)
 * "I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'
 * 1)  Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
 * 2) * 1777,, The School for Scandal, V.Scene the Last:
 * I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time—
 * 1)  Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
 * 2) * 1777,, The School for Scandal, V.Scene the Last:
 * I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time—
 * 1) * 1777,, The School for Scandal, V.Scene the Last:
 * I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time—

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Verleentheid
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Danish: forsagthed, tilbageholdenhed, beskedenhed
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: timideco
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: cotadh
 * Maori: ahaahatanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Tagalog: himan, kahimanan