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Noun: restiveness  res-tiv-nus
  1. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
    - jitteriness, jumpiness, nervousness
     
  2. Characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
    - skittishness

Derived forms: restivenesses

See also: restive

Type of: anxiety, nervousness