hesitation

See also: hésitation

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

hesitation (countable and uncountable, plural hesitations)

1. An act of hesitating
2. Doubt; vacillation.

   She carried out the order without hesitation.

3. A faltering in speech; stammering.

Synonyms

• (act of hesitating): cunctation, hesitance, hesitancy, hold-up; see also Thesaurus:delay
• (doubt, vacillation): irresolution, wavering

Derived terms

• hesitational
• hesitation mark
• hesitation marker
• hesitation wound
• without hesitation hesitation form

Related terms

• hesitate

Translations

doubt; vacillation

Albanian: ndrojtje (sq) Esperanto: hezitado (eo) German: Zögern n Tamil: தயக்கம் (ta) (tayakkam) Turkish: duraksama (tr) (rare), tereddüt (tr)

Translations

act of hesitating

Albanian: drojë (sq) Azerbaijani: tərəddüd Bulgarian: колебание (bg) n (kolebanie), нерешителност (bg) f (nerešitelnost) Catalan: hesitació f, vacil·lació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 躊躇 / 踌躇 (zh) (chóuchú), 猶豫 / 犹豫 (zh) (yóuyù), 遲疑 / 迟疑 (zh) (chíyí), 彷徨 (zh) (pánghuáng) Czech: váhání (cs) n Dutch: aarzeling (nl) Esperanto: ĉi hezito Finnish: empiminen (fi), epäröinti (fi) French: hésitation (fr) f Galician: vacilación (gl) f German: Zögern n Greek: δισταγμός (el) m (distagmós) Ancient: ὄκνος m (óknos) Hindi: संकोच (hi) m (saṅkoc) Hungarian: habozás (hu), hezitálás (hu), bizonytalankodás (hu) Indonesian: keragu-raguan Italian: esitazione (it) f Japanese: 躊躇 (ja) (chūcho), ためらい (ja) (tamerai) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: dudilî (ku) f, dilwasî (ku) f Latin: cunctātiō f, haesitātiō f Luxembourgish: Zécken n Old English: ġewand 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 (es) f, vacilación (es) f, dudas (es) f pl, titubeo (es) m Swedish: tvekan (sv) c Tamil: தயக்கம் (ta) (tayakkam) Turkish: tereddüt (tr)

faltering in speech

Bulgarian: заекване n (zaekvane) Chinese: Mandarin: 支吾 (zh) (zhīwu), 吞吐 (zh) (tūntǔ), 口吃 (zh) (kǒuchī), 結巴 / 结巴 (zh) (jiéba) Czech: zaváhání n Finnish: takeltelu German: Zögern n Hindi: झिझक (hi) m (jhijhak) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: heziqîn (ku) f Scottish Gaelic: sòradh m Tamil: தடுமாற்றம் (ta) (taṭumāṟṟam)