hesitation Copy link Outline 1. dŭbĭtātio (doubt)2. haesĭtātio (embarrassment)3. cunctātio (backwardness, slackness)4. relĭgio • hesitation: 1. dŭbĭtātio (doubt): without a moment's h., nulla interposita d., Caes. B. G. 7, 40; sine ulla d., Cic. Clu. 28, init. 2. haesĭtātio (embarrassment): to cause h., h. afferre, Tac. H. 1, 39: Cic.: v. indecision. Of h. in speaking: Join: dubitatio, haesitatio, tractus verborum, Cic. de Or. 2, 50., init. In latter sense also, haesitantia [linguae], Cic. Ph. 3, 6, 16 (where stammering is meant). 3. cunctātio (backwardness, slackness): dismissing all h., abjecta omni c., Cic. Off. 1, 21, 72. 4. relĭgio: v. scruple. Phr.: without any h., haud cunctanter, Liv. (v. hesitatingly); sine scrupulo, Col. 5, 11., init.: to cause h. (difficulty) and perplexity, injicere alicui s. [et quandam dubitationem], Cic. Clu. 28, 76.