Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hesitancy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hesitancy \Hes"i*tan*cy\, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in
deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who
hesitates.
2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hesitancy
n 1: a feeling of diffidence about doing something [syn: {hesitance}]
2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {reluctance},
{hesitation}, {disinclination}, {indisposition}]
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