hesitation

(n) indecision in speech or action vacillation, wavering,
(n) a certain degree of unwillingness
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance,
(n) the act of pausing uncertainly
- there was a hesitation in his speech
falter, faltering, waver,

vacillation wavering disinclination hesitancy indisposition reluctance falter faltering waver

hesitating