3
freezing(noun, stop, end, cease, inaction)
3
give
3
go
3
have qualms(verb, expression, hesitate, scruple)
3
hesitance
3
hitch(noun, delay, informal, wait, interruption)
3
hold off(expression, delay, hesitate, falter, balk)
3
holiday(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet)
3
hum and haw(verb, expression, idiom, irresolution)
3
inactivity(noun, calm, break, quiet, recreation)
3
indecision(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
3
irresolution(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
3
jib(verb, object, protest, balk)
3
leave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end)
3
loiter(verb, stop, settle, delay, continue)
3
nap(noun, verb, stop, calm, break)
3
nonsuit(noun, stop, end, cease, inaction)
3
part(verb, stop, end, abandon, halt)
3
persist(verb, stop, restrain, continue, stay)
3
quit(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
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