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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. indecision in speech or action;
[syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering]

2. a certain degree of unwillingness;
- Example: "a reluctance to commit himself"
- Example: "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"
- Example: "after some hesitation he agreed"
[syn: reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition]

3. the act of pausing uncertainly;
- Example: "there was a hesitation in his speech"
[syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hesitation \Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F.
   h['e]sitation.]
   1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action;
      doubt; vacillation.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A faltering in speech; stammering. --Swift.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hesitation
    n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation,
         vacillation, wavering]
    2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
       himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";
       "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance,
       hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition]
    3: the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in
       his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter,
       faltering]