hesitation

Etymology

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

noun

  1. An act of hesitating
  2. doubt; vacillation.
    She carried out the order without hesitation.
  3. A faltering in speech; stammering.

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