hesitancy
noun
[ ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nsi ]
• the quality or state of being hesitant.
• "Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot"
Similar:
uncertainty,
hesitation,
hesitance,
unsureness,
doubt,
doubtfulness,
dubiousness,
irresolution,
irresoluteness,
indecision,
indecisiveness,
equivocation,
vacillation,
wavering,
scepticism,
nervousness,
second thoughts,
dithering,
stalling,
shilly-shallying,
temporizing,
temporization,
pausing,
delay,
hanging back,
waiting,
havering,
humming and hawing,
swithering,
dilly-dallying,
blowing hot and cold,
dubiety,
incertitude,
cunctation,
reluctance,
unwillingness,
disinclination,
unease,
uneasiness,
ambivalence,
demurral,
compunction,
misgivings,
qualms,
scruples,
reservations,
