hesitation
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See also: hésitation
English
Alternative forms
- hæsitation (chiefly archaic)
Etymology
From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
- (act of hesitating): cunctation, hesitance, hesitancy, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
- (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
act of hesitating
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