(n.) Want of confidence in one' self; diffidence.

Pyrrhonism afraidness apprehension bashfulness boggle boggling caution cautiousness compunction demur demurral distrust distrustfulness doubt doubtfulness dubiety dubiousness falter faltering fearfulness half-belief hesitance hesitancy hesitating hesitation jumpiness lack of self-confidence lack of self-reliance leeriness misdoubt misgiving mistrust mistrustfulness modesty objection pause protest qualm qualm of conscience qualmishness question recoil scruple scrupulosity scrupulousness self-depreciation self-detraction self-distrust self-doubt self-effacement shadow of doubt shilly-shally shilly-shallying shrinking shrinkingness shyness skepticalness skepticism skittishness stage fright startlishness stickling suspicion suspiciousness tentativeness timidity timorousness total skepticism uncertainty wariness weak ego