Hesitancy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]