See timidity in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
An awkwardness or lack of self-confidence in the presence of others:
backwardness, bashfulness, coyness, retiringness, shyness, timidness. See restraintThe act of hesitating or state of being hesitant:
hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidness, to-and-fro, vacillation. See decide
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