'Hesitancy' definitions:
Definition of 'hesitancy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something [syn: hesitance, hesitancy]
noun
A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition]
Definition of 'Hesitancy'
From: GCIDE
- Hesitancy \Hes"i*tan*cy\, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
- 1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech. [1913 Webster]