2
indisposedness
2
irresolution(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness)
2
lack of enthusiasm(noun, expression, idiom, dislike, opposition)
2
nolition
2
protest(dislike, doubt, opposition, objection, protestation)
2
questioning(noun, doubt, uncertainty, dissent, reservation)
2
recalcitrance(noun, stubbornness, willfulness)
2
refusal(noun, disinclination)
2
remonstrance(dislike, doubt, opposition, protest, objection)
2
renitence
2
renitency
2
reserve(noun, control, anxiety, shame, restraint)
2
reticence(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
2
sickness(noun, dislike, unpleasant, disgusting, antipathy)
2
tentativeness(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, caution)
2
uncertainty(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt)
2
uneasiness(noun, anxiety, doubt, uncertainty, fear)
2
vacillation(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness)
2
wavering(noun, delay, difficulty, anxiety, weakness)
1
agnosticism(noun, difficulty, anxiety, confusion, doubt)
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