bashfulness

noun

Definition of bashfulnessnext
as in shyness

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  1. embarrassment
  2. inhibition
  3. restraint
Noun
  • The irony, of course, is that the source of the embarrassment is Trump.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some warned that British forces were vulnerable to the same embarrassment as their American allies, who were tarred in 2010 by the leaking of military logs documenting six years of the Afghanistan war by WikiLeaks, the antisecrecy group established by Julian Assange.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of embarrassment
Noun
  • Two of them were responsible for overexpression in the cellular differentiation process, while one was responsible for inhibition.
    Michael Franco, New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Carbonic anhydrase inhibition ameliorates tau toxicity via enhanced tau secretion.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of inhibition
Noun
  • The new law mandates that children must be informed of their rights — including the right to contact state social service workers and the California Office of the Foster Care Ombudsperson — within one day of seclusion or restraints being used.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The suspect, 55-year-old Rose Anderson of Houston, appeared before the Harris County Magistrate on Sunday, Dec. 22, where she was charged with injury to a child and unlawful restraint.
    Luke Chinman, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of restraint
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