1. (

• hesitation ,
• vacillation ,
• wavering

) indecision in speech or action ;

2. (

• reluctance ,
• hesitancy ,
• hesitation ,
• disinclination ,
• indisposition

) a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" ;

3. (

• hesitation ,
• waver ,
• falter ,
• faltering

) the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" ;