hesitation

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• hæsitation (chiefly archaic) [18^th–19^th C.]

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)

1. An act of hesitating
2. doubt; vacillation.

   She carried out the order without hesitation.

3. A faltering in speech; stammering.

• (act of hesitating): cunctation, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
• (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering

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