Usually means: Lack of confidence in oneself.
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  9. diffidence: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  15. diffidence: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. diffidence: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (diffidence)

noun:  The state of being diffident, timid or shy; reticence or self-effacement.
noun:  (obsolete) Mistrust, distrust, lack of confidence in someone or something.

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