verb (v)

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness(verb.stative)

  Example:
  Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures.
  

  Synonym:
  waffle, waver
  

  source: wordnet30
• interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing(verb.stative)

  Synonym:
  pause
  

  source: wordnet30
• To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.(verb)

  source: webster1913