hesitation
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18th–19th C.]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
hesitation (plural hesitations)
- An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
- A faltering in speech; stammering.
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Translations [edit]
act of hesitating
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