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Definition of Diffidence
Diffidence

The state of being diffident; distrust; want of confidence; doubt of the power, ability, or disposition of others.

Distrust of one's self or one's own powers; lack of self-reliance; modesty; modest reserve; bashfulness.

Related Definitions:
Ability, Bashfulness, Being, Confidence, Diffident, Disposition, Distrust, Doubt, Lack, Modest, Modesty, Of, One, Or, Own, Power, Reserve, Self, Self-Reliance, State, The, Want


Diffidence Quotations

Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.
Jane Austen

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.
Golda Meir

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!
Yevgeny Yevtushenko

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.
Alphonsus Liguori


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