hesitation
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See also: hésitation
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”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)
- An act of hesitating
- doubt; vacillation.
- She carried out the order without hesitation.
- A faltering in speech; stammering.
Synonyms[edit]
- (act of hesitating): cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
- (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of hesitating
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