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What is the opposite of cockiness?

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Opposite of rude and disrespectful behavior
politeness
civility
courtesy
considerateness
consideration
genteelness
gentility
graciousness
politesse
thoughtfulness
deference
esteem
mannerliness
respect
submission
approval
carefulness
caution
humility
manners
meekness
modesty
shyness
timidity
fear
cowardice
care
reserve
doubt
regard
humbleness
diffidence
truth
bashfulness
unpretentiousness
reticence
cravenness
spinelessness
modestness
egolessness
reluctance
cowardliness
dastardliness
humilitude
reality
fearfulness
poltroonery
demureness
realness
timorousness
unassumingness
self-effacement
lack of vanity
self-consciousness
yielding
unsureness
shame
genuineness
naturalness
down-to-earthness
self-abnegation
kindness
love
sweetness
friendliness
benevolence
sympathy
reservations
unself-confidence
pusillanimity
gutlessness
weakness
reservedness
cowardness
nervousness
insecurity
self-abasement
self-deprecation
discreetness
faintheartedness
embarrassment
timidness
spiritlessness
feebleness
irresolution
hiding
restraint
hesitation
apprehension
hesitancy
inhibitedness
sheepishness
quietness
recreance
recreancy
wimpishness
softness
wimpiness
wetness
sissiness
chariness
introversion
wariness
mousiness
suspicion
lack of confidence
Noun
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Opposite of the quality or state of being brash or impudent
respectfulness
politeness
Noun
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Opposite of inappropriate informality or intimacy
constraint
decorum
propriety
respect
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