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   hesitation

   /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of pausing before saying or doing something: "she answered without hesitation" Similar pausingdelayhanging backwaitingshilly-shallyingditheringstallingtemporizingtemporizationuncertaintyhesitancyhesitanceunsurenessdoubtdoubtfulnessdubiousnessirresolutionirresolutenessindecisionindecisivenessequivocationvacillationoscillationwaveringscepticismnervousnesssecond thoughtshaveringhumming and hawingswitheringinformal:dilly-dallyingblowing hot and coldrare:dubietyincertitudecunctationOpposite resolutioncertainty
   • ▪ doubt or reluctance: "I have no hesitation in recommending him" Similar reluctancemisgivingsqualmsscruplesreservationscompunctionunwillingnessdisinclinationambivalenceuneaseuneasinessdemurralOpposite willingness

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin haesitatio(n)-, from haesitare (see hesitate).

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