stickling

synonyms

bashful

bashfulness

boggle

boggling

cautious

compunction

demur

demurral

demurring

diffidence

diffident

falter

faltering

hesitance

hesitancy

hesitant

hesitating

hesitation

jibbing

modest

modesty

objection

pause

protest

qualm

qualm of conscience

qualmish

qualmishness

recoil

scruple

scrupling

scrupulosity

scrupulous

scrupulousness

shilly-shallying

shrinking

shy

shyness

squeamish

sticking

straining

tentative

timid