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balking(verb, hesitating)
2
barring(verb, hindering)
2
faltering(verb, adjective, delay, weakness)
2
prevention
2
shilly-shallying(uncertainty, wavering, indecision, vacillation)
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arresting
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averseness(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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conditioning
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controlling
1
dalliance
1
deferment
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delays
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demurral(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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doubt(delay, weakness, uncertainty, pause)
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dubiety(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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equivocation(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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fluctuation(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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fumbling(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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hemming and hawing(expression, idiom, delay, weakness)
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hesitancy(delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty)
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