diffidence

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Now, when night was come, Mrs. Diffidence and her husband began to renew their discourse of their prisoners.

From Eighth Reader by Baldwin, James

Ballad: True Diffidence My boy, you may take it from me, That of all the afflictions accurst With which a man's saddled And hampered and addled, A diffident nature's the worst.

From Songs of a Savoyard by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

However, I must acknowledge, that where I have differed from the great Authors before mentioned, it has been with a Diffidence, and after the most serious and particular Examination of what they have delivered.

From An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) by Clifford, James L.

Diffidence ran trembling along Mrs. Meyerburg's voice, as if she dared not venture too far upon a day blessed with tasks.

From Every Soul Hath Its Song by Hurst, Fannie

Diffidence, humility, self-distrust, tolerance, are as dangerous to militant groups as to fighting men.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra