hesitation (n.)

  1. indecision in speech or action

    [ Syn: vacillation , wavering ]

  2. a certain degree of unwillingness; a reluctance to commit himself; his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition; after some hesitation he agreed

    [ Syn: reluctance , hesitancy , disinclination , indisposition ]

  3. the act of pausing uncertainly; there was a hesitation in his speech

    [ Syn: waver , falter , faltering ]

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