ˈhezəd.ənsē, -zətən-, -si also -zət ə n- sometimes -ztən- or ˈhesə- noun
or hes·i·tance -n(t)s
( plural hesitancies or hesitances )
Etymology: Late Latin haesitantia, from Latin, action of stammering, from haesitant-, haesitans + -ia -y
1. : the quality or state of being hesitant: as
a. : indecision
had lost that nervous hesitancy that had so troubled her — Elizabeth Goudge
b. : reluctance
had no hesitancy in entering the field of composition — Fannie L. G. Cole
2. : an act or instance of hesitating : hesitation
her girlish hesitancies, her maidenly delays and refusals — S.H.Adams