2
pause(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
restraint(noun, reserve, shyness, bashfulness, wariness)
2
retiringness(noun, restraint)
2
shilly-shally(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
stammering(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
2
tentativeness(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
vacillation(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
weakness(noun, indecision, vacillation, indecisiveness)
1
averseness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
confusion
1
cravenness
1
dawdling(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
delay(noun, weakness, doubt, wavering, hesitation)
1
delaying(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
demurral(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
doubt(noun, delay, weakness, shame, reserve)
1
dubiety(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
embarrassment
1
equivocation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
1
faltering(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering)
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