hesitance

English

Alternative forms

• hæsitancy (archaic)
• hesitancy

Etymology

From Latin haesitantia.

Noun

hesitance (countable and uncountable, plural hesitances)

1. The act or state of hesitating.

   Synonym: hesitation

   His hesitance was caused by bad past experiences.

   • 1925, Robinson Jeffers, “Roan Stallion”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers‎^[1], New York: Random House, published 1937, page 156:

     […] Then California, resting the rifle / On the top rail, without doubting, without hesitance, / Aimed for the leaping body of the dog, and when it stood, fired.

   • 2016 May 6, Times of India:

     No matter how much one denies it, there is always some hesitance when shooting an intimate scene. But an actor needs to shed inhibitions to look convincing.

Translations

act of hesitating — see hesitation

Anagrams

• echinates