A feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something.

synonym: hesitance.

Dutch: aarzeling, weifeling
Polish: niepewność

A certain degree of unwillingness:
— His hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition.

synonyms: disinclination, hesitation, indisposition, reluctance.

Roget 605: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination^†; unsettlement; uncertainty etc. 475; demur, suspense; hesitating etc. v., hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness etc. 149; fluctuation; alternation etc. (oscillation) 314; caprice etc. 608.    fickleness, levity, legerete [Fr.]; pliancy etc. (softness) 324; weakness; timidity etc. 860; cowardice etc. 862; half measures.    waverer, ass between two bundles of hay; shuttlecock, butterfly; wimp; doughface [U.S.].    ... show more

Dutch: weerzin, aversie, afkeer, tegenzin, balorigheid, onwil, onwilligheid