timidity

Holt became the team captain in the media’s game of feigned ignorance and real timidity.

Fear, panic and timidity rule the day, as they generally do.

He spoke about a lack of intensity, desire and warned against timidity.

As journalist Nina Bernstein told Dan Froomkin in a 2021 interview, “Many reporters across the traditional news media are struggling against institutional tics and timidities that make ‘balance’ a false idol.”

Cannons and the bells made a cacophony of celebration as pro-Union Los Angeles threw off its timidity and danced in the streets.