Associations to the word «Hesitate»

Wiktionary

HESITATE, verb. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
HESITATE, verb. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
HESITATE, verb. (transitive) (poetic) (rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Dictionary definition

HESITATE, verb. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures".
HESITATE, verb. Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn