4
hesitation(noun, reserve, silence, timidity, shyness)
4
quietness(noun, calm, quiet, speech, still)
4
suppression(noun, adjective, control, dark, confidence)
4
timidity(noun, reserve, simplicity, virtue, modesty)
4
uncommunicativeness(noun, calm, quiet, speech, restraint)
3
control(noun, restraint, reserve, silence, keeping)
3
curtness(noun, taciturnity)
3
detachment
3
diffidence(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
3
dignity(restraint, discipline, willpower, discretion, self-discipline)
3
frostiness
3
inhibition(noun, control, restraint, reserve, hindrance)
3
reluctance(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
3
retention
3
secrecy(noun, calm, quiet, dark, speech)
3
shyness(noun, control, restraint, reserve, hindrance)
2
backlog
2
backwardness(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
2
bashfulness(noun, reserve, simplicity, virtue, nervousness)
2
caution(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
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