Hypertext Webster Gateway: "shyness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Shyness \Shy"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being shy. [Written also {shiness}.]
Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly
important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy
soul. --Baxter.
Syn: Bashfulness; reserve; coyness; timidity; diffidence. See
{Bashfulness}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
shyness
n : a feeling of fear of embarrassment
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