faint-heartedness
From LSJ
μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός → Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)
P. and V. ἀνανδρία, ἡ, V. ἀψυχία, ἡ, κακανδρία, ἡ; see cowardice.
hesitation: P. and V. ὄκνος, ὁ.