| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A cessation of continuity or regularity: break, discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, disruption, interruption, suspension. See CONTINUE. 2. The act of hesitating or state of being hesitant: hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, shilly-shally, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, vacillation. See DECIDE. | | VERB: | 1. To be irresolute in acting or doing: dither, falter, halt2, hesitate, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, waver, wobble. See DECIDE. 2. To stop temporarily and remain, as if reluctant to leave: abide, bide, linger, stay1, tarry, wait. See CONTINUE.
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