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Hesitancy definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HES'ITANCY, n. [See Hesitate.] A doubting; literally, a stopping of the mind; a pausing to consider; dubiousness; suspense.
The reason of my hesitancy about the air is--

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something [syn: hesitance, hesitancy]
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]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -cies) Date: 1617 1. the quality or state of being hesitant: as a. indecision b. reluctance <took that drastic step only with the greatest hesitancy> 2. hesitation 1

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see hesitant

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Hesitation, indecision, halting, reluctance, holding back. 2. Indecision, doubt, uncertainty, suspense, vacillation.