(n.) The quality or state of being shy.

afraidness bashfulness boggle boggling compunction confusion coyness demur demureness demurity demurral diffidence embarrassment falter faltering fearfulness hesitance hesitancy hesitation jumpiness modesty mousiness objection pause protest qualm qualm of conscience qualmishness recoil scruple scrupulosity scrupulousness self-consciousness shamefacedness shamefastness shrinking shrinkingness skittishness stage fright stagefright stammering startlishness stickling timidity timidness timorousness