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What does diffidence mean?

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Noun
  1. The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
  2. (obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.
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Here, as you see me now, in tropical but dripping diffidence, I am the author of that tome.
It is with diffidence and humility that I greet the ultimate constitutional power in the Republic, the Presidential electors.
Another shortcoming of the book is Atkinson's diffidence in examining the role of an airmobile division, the Army's only one.
His gentleness, diffidence, enthusiasm, his sense of fun, his quietly mocking spirit enslaved everyone.
So I think with some reluctance, with some diffidence, I come down on the positive side of the question.
The singer's compelling, pensive and introverted lyrics were delivered with an unusual diffidence from a band enjoying their level of success.

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