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hesitancy
 
Noun hesitancy has 2 senses
  1. hesitance, hesitancy - a feeling of diffidence about doing something
    --1 is a kind of diffidence, self-doubt, self-distrust
  2. reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition - a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "after some hesitation he agreed"
    --2 is a kind of unwillingness
    --2 has particulars: sloth, slothfulness
    Derived form: verb hesitate1
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