hesitate
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hesitate
verb balk, be dilatory, be dubious, be irresslute, be tentative, be uncertain, cunctari, dally, debate, delay, deliberate, demur, doubt, dubitare, equivocate, falter, fluctuate, haerere, have reservations, hold back, oscillate, pause, ponder, procrastinate, question, quibble, reluctant, scruple, shift, slow, stop, think twice, vacillate, wait, waverSee also: defer, discontinue, misdoubt, mistrust, oscillate, pause, procrastinate, recess, refuse, vacillate