noun
1. a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑hesitance
• Hypernyms: ↑diffidence, ↑self-doubt, ↑self-distrust
2. a certain degree of unwillingness
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a reluctance to commit himself
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his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
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after some hesitation he agreed
• Syn: ↑reluctance, ↑hesitation, ↑disinclination, ↑indisposition
• Derivationally related forms: ↑indispose (for: ↑indisposition), ↑disincline (for: ↑disinclination), ↑hesitate (for: ↑hesitation), ↑hesitant, ↑hesitate, ↑reluctant (for: ↑reluctance)
• Hypernyms: ↑unwillingness, ↑involuntariness
• Hyponyms: ↑sloth, ↑slothfulness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.