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Timorousness

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n. The property of being timorous.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state of being timorous; timidity; want of courage.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions

n. fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities

Word Usage

"And gumption is always welcome (whereas the timorousness of anonymity will be quashed -- c.f. the A-Z of the blog I can't be bothered linking to at the moment)."

Same Context

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