diffidence

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noun

Plural noun:

diffidences

1.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
"I was passing by," he began to stammer, trembling with his diffidence, "I—happened to be passing along this way, and so—er—as I was passing this way, I says to myself, says I, 'I'll just stop into the shop a minute.'
2.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
I have no diffidence of your abilities—only be constant to one roguery at a time

Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Latin diffīdentiam (distrust), from diffīdere (to mistrust), from dis- and fīdere (to trust). Attested since ∼1400. The original sense was antonymous with confidence, and the modern sense of ‘distrusting oneself’ dates from the 1650s.