hesitate
I
verb
balk, be dilatory, be dubious, be irresolute, be tentative, be uncertain, cunctari, dally, delay, demur, doubt, dubitare, falter, haerere, have reservations, hold back, oscillate, pause, procrastinate, question, scruple, stop, think twice, vacillate, wait, waver
II
index
defer (put off), discontinue (break continuity), misdoubt, mistrust, oscillate, pause, procrastinate, recess, refuse, vacillate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006