Crossword clues for hesitation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hesitation \Hes`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. haesitatio: cf. F. h['e]sitation.]
The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.
--Swift.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, from Old French hesitacion or directly from Latin haesitationem (nominative haesitatio) "a hesitation, stammering," figuratively "irresolution, uncertainty," noun of action from past participle stem of haesitare "stick fast, remain fixed; stammer in speech," figuratively "hesitate, be irresolute, be at a loss, be undecided," frequentative of haerere "stick, cling," from PIE *ghais-e (source also of Lithuanian gaistu "to delay, tarry"), from root *ghais- "to adhere; hesitate."
Wiktionary
n. 1 An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. 2 A faltering in speech; stammering.
WordNet
n. indecision in speech or action [syn: vacillation, wavering]
a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance, hesitancy, disinclination, indisposition]
the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: waver, falter, faltering]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "hesitation".
I have the knack of putting an end to an intrigue when it has ceased to amuse me, I have no hesitation in accepting your proposal.
If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Noting his hesitation, Wethis shooed the servants off and turned away himself while Alec slipped hastily into the water.
The disposition of the Republicans was to grant without hesitation an amnesty almost universal, the exceptions, with a majority of the party probably, being limited to three persons,--Jefferson Davis, Robert Toombs, and Jacob Thompson.
I think I should hardly be doing my duty if I were not to warn you that you will do wisely to exhibit no hesitation in the arrangements by which your agreement is to be carried out, and that in the event of your showing the slightest disposition to qualify the spirit of your strong note to them, or in anywise disappointing their client, you must be prepared, from what I know of the firm, for very sharp practice indeed.
In your arguments you never yet have shown the least disposition to withhold a just verdict or be in anywise unfair, when authoritative history condemned your position, and therefore I have no hesitation in asking you to take the original blame from the Massachusetts ministers, in this matter, and transfer it to the South Carolina clergymen where it justly belongs.
The period of embarrassment, hesitation, inclination to temporization or even to appeasement has been succeeded among the Nazi leaders by a new phase.
Without hesitation he ascended the throne, seized the treasure, and scattering it with his accustomed profusion among the soldiers, endeavored to awake in their minds the memory of his ancient dignity and exploits.
The monarch awoke, interpreted the auspicious omen, and obeyed, without hesitation, the will of Heaven.
Marcus Beld showed no hesitation when he walked into the lobby of the apartment house.
But after a considerable hesitation Blanche warned her to think about it a little.
She also had a tongue like a bradawl and no hesitation about using it on anyone she thought was acting like a fool.
Bornhald had had no hesitation in naming Byar second under him when Eamon Valda gave him the command.
Hitler, to work on his chief, and after some hesitation and more than one cancellation the Fuehrer agreed definitely to come to Smolensk on March 13, 1943.
Cette insistance fit ceder les hesitations du capitaine: --Mardi, dit-il, je serai a Puyoo a 3 heures 55.