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
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
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
