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English Dictionary: shyness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shyness
n
  1. a feeling of fear of embarrassment
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}.
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