hesitation
Plural: hesitations
Noun
- indecision in speech or action
- a certain degree of unwillingness
- "after some hesitation he agreed"
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- "there was a hesitation in his speech"
- An act of hesitating
- Doubt; vacillation.
- A faltering in speech; stammering.
Examples
- She carried out the order without hesitation.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.
Synonyms
disinclination, falter, faltering, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance, vacillation, waver, wavering, cunctation, delay, hesitance, hold-up, irresolution
Scrabble Score: 13
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