1. Doute.
2. Indécision.
ETYM Latin haesitatio: cf. French hésitation.
1. Indecision in speech or action; SYN. vacillation, wavering.
2. The act of pausing uncertainly; SYN. waver, falter, faltering.
1. A certain degree of unwillingness; SYN. hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition.
2. (Physics) Opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance).
3. Electricity, magnetic resistance.
ETYM Latin reticentia: cf. French réticence.
1. The quality or state of being reticent; reserve, restraint.
2. An instance of being reticent.
3. Reluctance.
4. The quality or state of being reticent, or keeping silence; the state of holding one's tonque; hesitating to speak or decide.