hesitancy

Meaning

A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.

Synonyms

indecision
38k
hesitation
C2
irresolution
disinclination
reluctance
26k
indisposition
hesitance
indecisiveness
wavering
30k
involuntariness
nonconformism
nonconformity
oscillation
procrastination
qualm
scruple
straddle
46k
uncertainty
C2
unwillingness
vacillation
delay
B2
shilly-shallying
demur
doubtfulness
dubiety
dubiousness
evasiveness
faltering
44k
indolence
intractability
Translations

vacilación
esitazione
hésitation

Unschlüssigkeit

riluttanza
réticence
indécision
Abneigung

inapetència

prevaricació

Tatsachenverdrehung

ψέμμα

δισταγμός

Amtsmissbrauch
Zögern
Etymology

From Latin haesitantia. By surface analysis, hesitant + -cy.

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