Hesitation

Hesˊi-ta′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

haesitatio

: cf. F.

hésitation

.]

1.

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

2.

A faltering in speech; stammering.

Swift.

Hesitation

HESITA'TION

,

Noun.

A pausing or delay in forming an opinion or commencing action; doubt;suspension of opinion or decision, from uncertainty what is proper to be decided. When evidence is clear, we may decide without hesitation.

1.

A stopping in speech; intermission between words; stammering.

hesitation

See also: hésitation

English

Alternative forms

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

Noun

hesitation ‎(plural hesitations)

An act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
A faltering in speech; stammering.

Related terms

hesitate

Translations

act of hesitating

Catalan: hesitació f, vacil·lació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 躊躇 (zh), 踌躇 (zh) ‎(chóuchú), 猶豫 (zh), 犹豫 (zh) ‎(yóuyù), 遲疑 (zh), 迟疑 (zh) ‎(chíyí), 彷徨 (zh) ‎(pánghuáng)
Czech: váhání n
Dutch: aarzeling (nl)
Finnish: empiminen, epäröinti (fi)
French:
German: Zögern n
Greek: δισταγμός (el) m ‎(distagmós)
Indonesian: keragu-raguan

Italian: esitazione (it) f
Japanese: 躊躇 (ja) ‎(chūcho), ためらい (ja) ‎(tamerai)
Luxembourgish: Zécken n
Polish: wahanie (pl) n, niezdecydowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: hesitação (pt) f
Romanian: ezitare (ro) f, șovăială (ro) f
Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f ‎(nerešítelʹnostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: sgogarsaich f, sòradh m
Spanish: hesitación f, vacilación (es) f
Swedish: tvekan (sv) c

faltering in speech

Chinese:
Mandarin: 支吾 (zh) ‎(zhīwu), 吞吐 (zh) ‎(tūntǔ), 口吃 (zh) ‎(kǒuchī), 結巴 (zh), 结巴 (zh) ‎(jiéba)
Czech: zaváhání n

Finnish: takeltelu
German: Zögern n
Scottish Gaelic: sòradh m

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