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[ noun ] a feeling of diffidence about doing something

Synonyms

hesitance

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

He was about_to hang_up the phone , but a note of hesitancy in the secretary 's voice left the conversation open .

Related terms

diffidence

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[ noun ] a certain degree of unwillingness

Examples

"a reluctance to commit himself" "after some hesitation he agreed"

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