HESITATE is validvalid

to hold back in uncertainty [v HESITATED, HESITATES, HESITATING] : HESITATER [n], HESITATINGLY [adv], HESITATION [n], HESITATOR [n]

69,970 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to hold back or delay [v HESITATED, HESITATING, HESITATES]