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Hesitation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of hesitating countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of pausing uncertainly wordnet
  3. 3
    Doubt; vacillation. countable, uncountable

    "She carried out the order without hesitation."

  4. 4
    a certain degree of unwillingness wordnet
  5. 5
    A faltering in speech; stammering. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    indecision in speech or action wordnet

Etymology

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.

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