hesitance
hesitance · hesitances
The act or state of hesitatingThe act or state of hesitating.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or state of hesitating.
His hesitance was caused by bad past experiences.
More definitions
- a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
Origin
Borrowed from Latin haesitantia.Borrowed from Latin haesitantia.
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Forms
plural: hesitancesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something:hesitancy
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedhesitant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.