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Hesitancy

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Noun
  1. 1
    A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a certain degree of unwillingness wordnet
  3. 3
    a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something wordnet

Etymology

From Latin haesitantia. By surface analysis, hesitant + -cy.

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