noun
- An awkwardness or lack of self-confidence in the presence of others: backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidity. See restraint/unrestraint.
- The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidity, to-and-fro, vacillation. See decide/hesitate.
