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 Definitions of hesitancy  [ˈhɛz ɪ tən si]  

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Definition of 'hesitancy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hesitancy
hesitation; indecision, disinclination, or unreadiness.

2.  hesitancy
an instance of this; a pause or falter, esp. in speech.

Etymology:  (1610–20; < L)

Definition of 'hesitancy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hesitance, hesitancy
a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something

2. (noun) 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"


Definition of 'hesitancy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hesitancy
the act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates

2. (noun) hesitancy
a stammering; a faltering in speech


Translation of 'hesitancy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the tendency to hesitate.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: aarseling, besluitelooshe Arabic flag Arabic: تَرَدُّد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: колебливост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: hesitação Czech flag Czech: váhavost German flag German: das Zögern
Danish flag Danish: tøven; usikkerhed Greek flag Greek: διστακτικότητα Spanish flag Spanish: vacilación, indecisión; t
Estonian flag Estonian: kahevahelolek Farsi flag Farsi: ترديد Finnish flag Finnish: epäröinti
French flag French: hésitation Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִיסוּס Hindi flag Hindi: संकोच
Croatian flag Croatian: oklijevanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: habozás Indonesian flag Indonesian: keraguan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: efablendni, hik Italian flag Italian: esitazione Japanese flag Japanese: ためらい
Korean flag Korean: 망설임 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dvejojimas, neryžtingumas Latvian flag Latvian: vilcināšanās; svārstīšanā
Malay flag Malay: sifat teragak-agak Dutch flag Dutch: aarzeling Norwegian flag Norwegian: usikkerhet, nøling
Polish flag Polish: niezdecydowanie Persian flag Persian: ترديد Pashto flag Pashto: متردد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: hesitação Romanian flag Romanian: ezi­tare Russian flag Russian: нерешительность
Slovak flag Slovak: váhavosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: obotavljanje Serbian flag Serbian: oklevanje
Swedish flag Swedish: tvekan, tveksamhet Thai flag Thai: ความลังเลใจ Turkish flag Turkish: tereddüt, duraksama
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 猶豫 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: нерішучість; сумнів Urdu flag Urdu: تذبذب
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự do dự; lưỡng lự Chinese flag Chinese: 踌躇

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