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. 181. Mirella approached him and, after a brief hesitation, shook his hand.
More similar words: hesitate, hesitant, agitation, habitation, invitation, limitation, levitation, elicitation, felicitation, delimitation, exploitation, incapacitation, precipitation, resuscitation, rehabilitation, prestidigitation, proportional representation, situation, station, mutation, designation, resignation, annotation, stationery, vegetation, denotation, dictation, gestation, incantation, exultation.