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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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Was the miners' apparent diffidence at the event motivated by political considerations?
Other children sometimes mis-interpret your little Virgo's shyness as diffidence or stand-offishness.
Present migration policies have only increased irregularity, trafficking, marginalization, social tension, diffidence and racism.
The singer's compelling, pensive and introverted lyrics were delivered with an unusual diffidence from a band enjoying their level of success.
He is paid to be serious, but his default mode is loose and playful, with a touch of hipster diffidence.
It is with diffidence and humility that I greet the ultimate constitutional power in the Republic, the Presidential electors.

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