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hesitation
Overview of noun hesitation
The noun hesitation has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) hesitation, vacillation, wavering -- (indecision in speech or action)
2. (2) reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition -- (a certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed")
3. (1) hesitation, waver, falter, faltering -- (the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hesitation
3 senses of hesitation
Sense 1
hesitation, vacillation, wavering
=> indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> disposition, temperament
=> nature
=> trait
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
=> pause
=> inactivity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun hesitation
1 of 3 senses of hesitation
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> sloth, slothfulness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hesitation
3 senses of hesitation
Sense 1
hesitation, vacillation, wavering
=> indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
Sense 3
hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
=> pause
Antonyms of noun hesitation
Member Holonyms of noun hesitation
Substance Holonyms of noun hesitation
Part Holonyms of noun hesitation
Member Meronyms of noun hesitation
Substance Meronyms of noun hesitation
Part Meronyms of noun hesitation
Meronyms of noun hesitation
Holonyms of noun hesitation
Attributes of noun hesitation
Derived Forms of noun hesitation
3 senses of hesitation
Sense 1
hesitation, vacillation, wavering
RELATED TO>(verb) hesitate#1
=> hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
RELATED TO>(verb) hesitate#1
=> hesitate, waver, waffle
Sense 3
hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
RELATED TO>(verb) hesitate#2
=> hesitate, pause
Domain of noun hesitation
Domain Terms of noun hesitation
Familiarity of noun hesitation
hesitation used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun hesitation
3 senses of hesitation
Sense 1
hesitation, vacillation, wavering
> indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
=> hesitation, vacillation, wavering
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> resistance
Sense 3
hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
> pause
=> respite, recess, break, time out
=> hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
=> intermission
=> freeze, halt
Meronyms of noun hesitation
3 senses of hesitation
Sense 2
reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition
=> unwillingness, involuntariness
=> disposition, temperament
HAS PART: cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
HAS PART: uncheerfulness
Holonyms of noun hesitation
Grep of noun hesitation
hesitation
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