English

Alternative forms

• hæsitancy (archaic)
• hesitancy

Noun

hesitance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hesitances)

1. The act or state of hesitating.

   His hesitance was caused by bad past experiences.

   • 1925, Robinson Jeffers, "Roan Stallion" in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, 1937, p. 156

     […] Then California, resting the rifle / On the top rail, without doubting, without hesitance, / Aimed for the leaping body of the dog, and when it stood, fired.

   • 2016, Times of India, 6 May, 2016,

     No matter how much one denies it, there is always some hesitance when shooting an intimate scene. But an actor needs to shed inhibitions to look convincing.