"hesitance" meaning in All languages combined

See hesitance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hesitances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hesitance (countable and uncountable, plural hesitances)
  1. The act or state of hesitating. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: hæsitancy [archaic], hesitancy
    Sense id: en-hesitance-en-noun-aec-N55G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1925, Robinson Jeffers, “Roan Stallion”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1937, page 156",
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