(n.) The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness.

afraidness bashfulness chicken-liveredness chickenheartedness confusion cowardice cowardliness coyness demureness demurity diffidence embarrassment faintheart faintheartedness fear fearfulness henheartedness jumpiness lily-liveredness milksopism milksoppiness milksoppishness mousiness pigeonheartedness self-consciousness shamefacedness shamefastness shrinkingness shyness skittishness softness stage fright stagefright stammering startlishness timidness timorousness unmanfulness unmanliness weakheartedness weakness yellowness