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lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks
  • none of the scouts showed the least timidity about rappeling down the cliff

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“Timidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timidity. Accessed 2 Dec. 2021.

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