hesitation
An act of hesitating
Other meanings
Doubt; vacillation.
“She carried out the order without hesitation.”
A faltering in speech; stammering.
Related words
- hesitational
- hesitation form
- hesitation mark
- hesitation marker
- hesitation wound
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "haesitātiōnem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hesitation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.