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hæsitancy

hæsitancy is the archaic spelling of hesitancy.

Meaning of hesitancy

Noun

hesitancy (countable and uncountable, plural hesitancies)

  1. A pausing or halting before beginning a task, often as a result of some fear or uncertainty about the outcome.
    Synonyms:
    hesitation

Forms of hæsitancy

pluralhæsitancies

Questions about hæsitancy

What is hæsitancy the archaic spelling of?
Hæsitancy is the archaic spelling of hesitancy.

Words near hæsitancy in the dictionary

  1. hæreticks
  2. hæretics
  3. hæritage
  4. hæritages
  5. hæsitancies
  6. hæsitancy
  7. hæsitate
  8. hæsitated
  9. hæsitates
  10. hæsitating
  11. hæsitation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hæsitancy (page history and authors); hesitancy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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