hesitancy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hesitancy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hesitancy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitancy n a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something Synonym(s): hesitance, hesitancy a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" Synonym(s): reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitancy \Hes"itancy\, 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.