Hawing
Hesitance
Hesitance noun - A state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action.
Usage example: she mistook my hesitance to mean I didn't like her poem, but I was trying to come up with appropriate words of praise
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- delay and hawing
- delay and hesitance
- faltering and hawing
- faltering and hesitance
- wavering and hawing
- wavering and hesitance
- pause and hawing
- pause and hesitance
- vacillation and hawing
- vacillation and hesitance
- hesitancy and hawing
- hesitancy and hesitance
- irresolution and hawing
- irresolution and hesitance
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