hesitation
See also: hésitation
English
Alternative forms
- hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18th–19th C.]
Etymology
From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”).
Noun
hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)
- An act of hesitating
- doubt; vacillation.
- She carried out the order without hesitation.
- A faltering in speech; stammering.
Related terms
Translations
act of hesitating
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