5
hesitation(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
5
timidity(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
4
ambivalence(noun, uncertainty, equivocation, contradiction, irresolution)
4
irresolution(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
4
uncertainty(noun, doubt, uncertainty, caution, hesitation)
4
vacillation(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
3
caution(noun, indecision)
3
diffidence(noun, caution, nervousness, indecision, shyness)
3
indecision(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
3
indecisiveness(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
3
shyness(noun, nervousness, irresolution)
3
to-and-fro(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
care
2
changeability(noun, uncertainty, irresolution)
2
discretion
2
hesitancy(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
irresoluteness(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
pause(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
2
reluctance(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, caution)
2
shilly-shally(noun, act, delay, weakness, doubt)
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