hesitations

nounwaiting; uncertainty

Antonyms for hesitations

Word Origin & History

c.1400, from Old French hesitacion or directly from Latin haesitationem (nominative haesitatio) "a hesitation, stammering," figuratively "irresolution, uncertainty," from haesitare "stick fast, remain fixed; stammer in speech," figuratively "hesitate, be irresolute, be at a loss, be undecided," frequentative of haerere "stick, cling," from PIE *ghais-e (cf. Lithuanian gaistu "to delay, tarry"), from root *ghais- "to adhere; hesitate."

Example Sentences forhesitations

Believe me, I understand and sympathise with your hesitations.

As to Alston, she had the hesitations of an imperfect understanding.

And yet, the minute came when she cast aside all solicitudes and hesitations.

"Oh, I guess not," he said again, and with that he seemed to make an end of her hesitations.

I stepped inside the corporations of that town with care and hesitations.

Doubts, hesitations, sentiment the muling and puking of this twilight age—!

He knows all our hesitations, all our weaknesses, all our temptations.

I had no doubts, no hesitations about the kind of effect I wished to produce.

They simply had no hesitations; whereas we others were perplexed.

His hesitations had not produced the noticeable effect he had feared.