hesitancy

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

hesitancy
    n 1: a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing
         something [syn: {hesitance}, {hesitancy}]
    2: a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit
       himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition";
       "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: {reluctance},
       {hesitancy}, {hesitation}, {disinclination}, {indisposition}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hesitancy \Hes"i*tan*cy\, n. [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
   1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in
      deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who
      hesitates.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
      [1913 Webster]

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