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Verb: hesitate  'he-zi`teyt
  1. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
    - waver, waffle, baulk [Brit], balk
     
  2. Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
    "The speaker hesitated"
    - pause

Derived forms: hesitating, hesitates, hesitated

See also: hesitant, hesitater, hesitation

Type of: delay

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