noun. The state or quality of being hesitant.

noun. An instance of hesitating.

noun. The state or condition of hesitating; indecision; vacillation.

noun. Synonyms See hesitation.

noun. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

noun. A stammering; a faltering in speech.

noun. A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.

noun. a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something

noun. a certain degree of unwillingness

"This isn't to say that such hesitancy is entirely unmerited; just as there are Christians who seem to have the sole mission of converting others to their religion, there are many atheists who only engage with people of faith in hopes of convincing them to abandon their tenants."

diffidence  self-distrust  self-doubt  

ambivalence  awkwardness  bashfulness  coyness  diffidence  

stammering  vacillation