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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Hesitancy

/hĕz'-ĭt-ən-sē/ · Hes·i·tan·cy · IPA /hˈɛzɪtənsiː/
01 n. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
  1. 1.
    The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
  2. 2.
    A stammering; a faltering in speech.