hesitation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hesitation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hesitation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hesitation n indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation, wavering] 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 the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" Synonym(s): hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hesitation \Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h[82]sitation.] 1. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2. A faltering in speech; stammering. --Swift.