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Detailed Synonyms for hesitancy in English

hesitancy:

hesitancy [the ~] noun

  1. the hesitancy
    the hesitation; the doubt; the hesitancy; the shilly-shallying
  2. the hesitancy
    – a certain degree of unwillingness 1
    the reluctance; the hesitation; the hesitancy; the disinclination; the indisposition
    – a certain degree of unwillingness 1
    • reluctance [the ~] noun
      • a reluctance to commit himself1
    • hesitation [the ~] noun
      • after some hesitation he agreed1
    • hesitancy [the ~] noun
      • his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition1
    • disinclination [the ~] noun
    • indisposition [the ~] noun
      • his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition1
  3. the hesitancy
    – a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something 1
    the hesitancy; the hesitance
    – a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something 1

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Related Definitions for "hesitancy":

  1. a certain degree of unwillingness1
    • his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition1
  2. a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something1

Related Synonyms for hesitancy