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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
     
  3. The characteristic of being resistant of control, stubborn.
    "Also none of the studies reviewed gave information on the prevalence of aggression and restiveness of the youths in Anambra State."

Type of: anxiety, intractability, intractableness, nervousness

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