hesitancy

[ hez-i-tuh n-see ]

/ ˈhɛz ɪ tən si /

hesitation; indecision or disinclination.

Also hes·i·tance.

Origin of hesitancy

From the Latin word haesitantia, dating back to 1610–20. See hesitant, -ancy

pre·hes·i·tan·cy, noun, plural pre·hes·i·tan·cies.

I asked Ferris if there was a bias or a hesitancy to recruit Native American kids.

Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own |Robert Silverman |August 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Rattner apologized for his hesitancy and “closed [his] eyes and jumped.”

Speed Read Steven Rattner's Tell-All |The Daily Beast |September 20, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This was partly, it seems, due to his own desire to finish school and his hesitancy to move out to Palo Alto.

Accidental Billionaires |Samuel P. Jacobs |July 16, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
There was no time now for hesitancy; here was my cue, and I must plunge ahead, accepting the chances.

My Lady of the North |Randall Parrish

This hesitancy was a glaring testimony to the loose thinking and careless literary habits of those days.

History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology |John F. Hurst
A day of inaction, an hour of hesitancy, might have been fatal.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. III, No. XVII, October 1851 |Various
There was a pathetic hesitancy in her manner, the hesitancy of a weak woman who adheres to a purpose only by supreme effort.

Dope |Sax Rohmer
In spite of her smiling face, there was a slight doubt and hesitancy in her manner.

Jane Field |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

hesitancy

[ hĕz′ĭ-tən-sē ]

An involuntary delay or inability in starting the urinary stream.