hesitation
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hes·i·ta·tion
(hĕz'ĭ-tā'shən) 
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n.
- The act or an instance of hesitating.
- The state of being hesitant.
- A pause or faltering in speech.
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hesitation
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- The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, vacillation. See decide/hesitate.
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hesitation
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Definition: waiting; uncertainty
Antonyms: certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, resolution, sureness
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hesitation
IN BRIEF: A pausing for a moment.
Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.
— George Sand
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