2
timidness(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
unsureness(noun, uncertainty, irresolution)
2
unwillingness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
2
vagueness(noun, uncertainty, indecisiveness, inconclusiveness)
2
weakness(noun, indecision, irresolution, vacillation, indecisiveness)
1
apprehension(noun, nervousness, shyness)
1
apprehensiveness(noun, nervousness, shyness)
1
averseness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
calculation
1
canniness
1
capriciousness(noun, irresolution)
1
carefulness
1
confusion(noun, uncertainty)
1
control
1
controversy(noun, uncertainty)
1
coyness(noun, nervousness, shyness)
1
creeping
1
dawdling(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
delay(noun, weakness, doubt, caution, wavering)
1
delaying(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, caution)
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