• (n.) A stammering; a faltering in speech. • (n.) The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/hesitancy/
Hes'i·tan·cy noun [ Latin haesitantia a stammering.] 1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates. 2. A stammering; a faltering in speech. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/38