In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HESITANCY
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
(noun) a certain degree of unwillingness; “a reluctance to commit himself”; “his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition”; “after some hesitation he agreed”
hesitance, hesitancy
(noun) a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hesitancy (countable and uncountable, plural hesitancies)
A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
vaccine hesitancy.
Source: Wiktionary
Hes"i*tan*cy, n. Etym: [L. haesitantia a stammering.]
1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.
2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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