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hesitancy definition

hesi·tancy (hez′i tən sē)

noun pl. hesitancies -·cies

hesitation or indecision; doubt
also hesitance hes′i·tance (-təns)

Etymology: L haesitantia, a stammering < haesitans, prp. of haesitare

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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