What is the meaning of hesitation?

Indecision in speech or action.
- synonyms: vacillation, wavering
A certain degree of unwillingness.
- usage: "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
- synonyms: reluctance, hesitancy, disinclination, indisposition
The act of pausing uncertainly.
- usage: "there was a hesitation in his speech"
- synonyms: waver, falter, faltering

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