bashfulness

noun

Definition of bashfulnessnext
as in shyness

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  1. embarrassment
  2. inhibition
  3. restraint
Noun
  • Boeing acquired Spirit for $8.3 billion earlier this year in large part because of a major manufacturing embarrassment.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The security breach was a U.S. embarrassment, and the Air Force later disciplined 15 personnel after the service’s inspector general found numerous officials who had been aware of his suspicious behavior but failed to take necessary action.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of embarrassment
Noun
  • It is defined by his combative personality, his lack of inhibitions, his willingness to ignore democratic norms to go places others won’t and blow past previous political boundaries in ways many find alarming − such as threatening to use the military against Americans who oppose him.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Allen Institute From their findings, the researchers hypothesize that the loss of these cells may trigger a domino effect that upsets the delicate balance between inhibition and excitation, promoting widespread system failures that result in neuronal loss and cognitive decline.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of inhibition
Noun
  • The combination of these two attributes offered each side a sense of psychological security and common consensus, allowing for the informed restraint of lethality.
    Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The Business Combination Agreement includes conditions such as the absence of any legal restraint preventing the consummation of the transactions and the effectiveness of the Registration Statement/Proxy Statement under the Securities Act.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of restraint
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