Synonym: disinclination, falter, faltering, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance, vacillation, waver, wavering. Similar words: hesitate, hesitant, agitation, habitation, invitation, limitation, levitation, elicitation. Meaning: [‚hezɪ'teɪʃən] 
n. 1. indecision in speech or action 2. a certain degree of unwillingness 3. the act of pausing uncertainly.
n. 1. indecision in speech or action 2. a certain degree of unwillingness 3. the act of pausing uncertainly. 
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61. He felt offended that she couldn't say yes and impatient with her hesitation, blaming Katherine for his own confusion.
62. He held out his hand, and after a moment's hesitation she put hers into his warm clasp.
63. Getsl Slatkis, after some hesitation, put the manuscript on the table.
64. Ice cream is one food that most kids lap up without hesitation.
65. And if Labour refuses, the left should vote against the Maastricht Treaty without hesitation.
66. There was a fractional hesitation before he said yes, and suggested meeting after work at a pub off Hatton Garden.
67. He walked without hesitation to the very front row, sat down and lay back, gazing up at the screen.
68. The Reformers might be followers of Erasmus; but they had no hesitation in drowning the dreadful Anabaptists.
69. Julia slid off the desk. After a moment's hesitation, Ian got up.
70. He had noticed the slight hesitation over the gender of the letter writer.
71. Without hesitation he started to walk towards them, despite the searing heat of the flames now only yards off.
72. He blasted off with the hesitation and majesty of a space-ship.
73. It indicates rather a degree of hesitation in the leadership of the party as to the correct cultural policy to be pursued.
74. Chapter 2 helps you avoid the mistake of equating hesitation and anxiety with determined resistance to change.
75. A moment's hesitation allowed another kit to dash in to steal the prize.
76. Without hesitation Pooley clutched at the thing and was unceremoniously hauled aboard.
77. I have no hesitation in recommending this book as essential reading for all who are legitimately involved in this field.
78. The threat of physical punishment or death was ever present, and it was invoked without hesitation against the recalcitrant and disrespectful.
79. The day came when the road was flooded and Skipper waded through it with no hesitation.
80. Other medical advances were often the subject of rather more hesitation.
81. They approached each other without hesitation, shook hands as if they were close friends and smiled broadly.
82. I sensed that little hesitation when I floated the subject of his double chin.
83. I share this hesitation; but I also feel compelled to face reality.
84. When a famous cartoonist wrote asking if he could draw her she had no hesitation in accepting.
85. If I have any suggestions,[sentencedict.com] I shall put them with garrulous hesitation and a suitable air of diffidence.
86. The Tigrayans had no such difficulties, and had no hesitation in condemning the Soviet Union as imperialist.
87. I took it without a moment of hesitation and we got along very well together.
88. Jane had no hesitation in refusing although she had no work offered after that particular season.
89. This result was an embarrassment following the headlines of January, but there was no hesitation about publishing it.
90. Ask me how tall I am, and, without prevarication or hesitation, I will tell you.
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