pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
"The speaker paused"
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hesitate
The laws of nature never vary; in their application they never hesitate, nor are wanting. [ Draper ]
A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile, often frightens away a prude; but, when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter does not hesitate to advance. [ Latena ]
We see a world of pains taken and the best years of life spent in collecting a set of thoughts in a college for the conduct of life, and after all the man so qualified shall hesitate in his speech to a good suit of clothes, and want commonsense before an agreeable woman. Hence it is that wisdom, valour, justice and learning cannot keep a man in countenance that is possessed with these excellencies, if he wants that inferior art of life and behaviour called good-breeding. [ Steele ]
hesitatein Scrabble®
The word hesitate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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hesitatein Words With Friends™
The word hesitate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.
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