hesitate (v.)
- alternate
- balance
- balk
- blench
- boggle
- debate
- delay
- deliberate
- demur
- dither
- equivocate
- falter
- fear
- filibuster
- flinch
- fluctuate
- fumble
- halt
- hang
- haw
- hem
- hover
- hum
- jib
- pause
- ponder
- procrastinate
- quail
- recess
- recoil
- rest
- retreat
- scruple
- shrink
- shy
- splutter
- sputter
- stall
- stammer
- stickle
- strain
- stumble
- stutter
- temporize
- tergiversate
- vacillate
- wait
- waver
- wince
- withdraw
- yield
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
