- hesitation, vacillation, wavering - indecision in speech or action
--1 is a kind of indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
Derived form: verb hesitate1 - reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
--2 is a kind of unwillingness
--2 has particulars: sloth, slothfulnessDerived form: verb hesitate1 - hesitation, waver, falter, faltering - the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
--3 is a kind of pause
Derived form: verb hesitate2