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English noun: hesitancy | |||
| 1. | hesitancy (feeling) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something | ||
| Synonyms | hesitance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt | ||
| 2. | hesitancy (attribute) a certain degree of unwillingness | ||
| Samples | A reluctance to commit himself. His hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition. After some hesitation he agreed. | ||
| Synonyms | disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | involuntariness, unwillingness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sloth, slothfulness | ||
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