HESITATION
\hˌɛsɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \hˌɛsɪtˈeɪʃən], \h_ˌɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of HESITATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A pause due to uncertainty; doubt; a stopping to consider; indecision; a faltering in speech; a halting movement in a dance. Also, hesitancy.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Mental uncertainty, indecision.
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Delay in the performance of a function (e. g., speaking and urination). [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of pausing or delaying in thought or action; suspense; uncertainty; indecision;—a stopping in speech; stammering.
By Thomas Sheridan
