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HESITATE

Definition:

1. [verb] pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
   Synonyms: waver, waffle
   
   
2. [verb] interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
   Synonyms: pause
   
   

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Related Words:

• dwell on, linger over
• boggle
• hover, linger
• hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
• falter, waver
• hem and haw
• scruple

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