0 to pause before doing something, especially because you are nervous or not certain -- колебаться
Richard hesitated before answering.
1 to be very willing to do something because you are certain it is right -- сделать что-либо без колебаний
It hesitated to reduce interest rates after devaluation for fear of fuelling in-ation.
To this end he did not hesitate to break his word on later occasions either.
This explains also why some do not hesitate to attack colleagues on bracketing, bound variables.
Many of the progressive intellectuals did not hesitate to praise the post-revolutionary strategy of communal rural development as a truly viable option for peripheral development.
If one hesitates to accept the methods, concepts, or the conclusions of the author, one cannot help but admire and support his goals.
Some bilingual programs hesitate to introduce reading in two languages for fear of confusing the child, but the research evidence is just the opposite.
This met some criticism after the war, and was a fact the volunteers themselves did not hesitate to point out.
The woman knows what she wants - namely, suitable revenge - and hesitates only as to the means.
