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Hesitation

Hesitation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hesitation? [n] the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [n] a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [n] indecision in speech or action Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hesitation: disinclination \| falter \| faltering \| hesitancy \| indisposition \| reluctance \| vacillation \| waver \| wavering Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hesitation: abeyance \| averseness \| backwardness \| balbuties \| bashfulness \| boggle \| boggling \| break \| caesura \| calculation \| canniness \| capriciousness \| care \| careful consideration \| carefulness \| caution \| cautiousness \| cease-fire \| chance \| chanciness \| changeableness \| circumspection \| compunction \| courtesan \| day off \| delay \| deliberate stages \| deliberateness \| deliberation \| demimondaine \| demimonde \| demirep \| demur \| demurral \| diffidence \| dilatoriness \| discretion \| doubt \| drop \| dubiety \| dysphemia \| erraticism \| erraticness \| Fabian policy \| falter \| faltering \| fancy woman \| fickleness \| gingerliness \| guardedness \| hedge \| hedging \| heed \| heedfulness \| hesitance \| hesitancy \| hesitating \| hetaera \| hold-off \| holiday \| incalculability \| incertitude \| indecision \| indecisiveness \| indemonstrability \| indeterminacy \| indetermination \| indeterminism \| indisposition \| interim \| interlude \| intermezzo \| intermission \| intermittence \| interruption \| interval \| irresolution \| judiciousness \| kept \| lapse \| laxness \| layoff \| letup \| luck \| lull \| Micawberism \| mindfulness \| mistrust \| modesty \| mugwump \| objection \| palilalia \| pause \| pawkiness \| prior consultation \| procrastination \| protest \| prudence \| prudentialness \| qualm \| qualm of conscience \| qualmishness \| randomness \| recess \| recoil \| regardfulness \| reluctance \| remission \| remissness \| respite \| rest \| safeness \| safety first \| scruple \| scrupulosity \| scrupulousness \| shilly-shally \| shilly-shallying \| shrinking \| shyness \| slackness \| slowness \| slowness to act \| solicitude \| stall \| stammer \| stammering \| stand-down \| stay \| stickling \| stutter \| stuttering \| suspense \| suspensefulness \| suspension \| temporization \| tentativeness \| thoroughness \| to-and-fro \| traulism \| truce \| unaccountability \| uncertainness \| uncertainty \| uncertainty principle \| uncommunicativeness \| undecidedness \| undeterminedness \| unforeseeableness \| unprecipitateness \| unpredictability \| unprovability \| unsureness \| unverifiability \| vacation \| vacillation \| wavering \| whimsicality \| whore See Also \| indecision \| indecisiveness \| irresolution \| pause \| sloth \| slothfulness \| unwillingness Hesitation In Webster's Dictionary \Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h['e]sitation.] 1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. --Swift.

Hesitation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hesitation?

[n] the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
[n] a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
[n] indecision in speech or action

Hesitation In Webster's Dictionary

\Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F.
h['e]sitation.]
1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action;
   doubt; vacillation.

2. A faltering in speech; stammering. --Swift.

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