bashfulness

English

Etymology

bashful +‎ -ness

Noun

bashfulness (uncountable)

1. The quality or property of being bashful; shyness; reserve; timidity.
   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3

     I, smiling in his face, took the letter, and immediately catching gently hold of his shirt sleeve, drew him towards me, blushing, and almost trembling; for surely his extreme bashfulness, and utter inexperience, call'd for, at least, all the advances to encourage him

Translations

the quality or property of being bashful