His hesitance was caused by bad past experiences.
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Hesitance
Synonyms for "hesitance" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
Noun(7 words)
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More general
9 entriesattitudeattitude toward changebehavior toward changediffidencelinguistic featuremental stateself-distrustself-doubtspeech disfluency
More specific
9 entriescautioncultural hesitancedoubtindecisionmoral hesitationpolicy hesitancespeech hesitationtechnological hesitancevocal hesitation
Collocations
6 entriescultural hesitanceeconomic hesitanceinstitutional hesitancepolitical hesitancepublic hesitancestrong hesitance
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…] Then California, resting the rifle / On the top rail, without doubting, without hesitance, / Aimed for the leaping body of the dog, and when it stood, fired.
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No matter how much one denies it, there is always some hesitance when shooting an intimate scene. But an actor needs to shed inhibitions to look convincing.
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