Noun

• S: (n) hesitation, waver, falter, faltering (the act of pausing uncertainly) "there was a hesitation in his speech"

Verb

• S: (v) falter, waver (be unsure or weak) "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) falter, waver (move hesitatingly, as if about to give way)
• S: (v) stumble, falter, bumble (walk unsteadily) "The drunk man stumbled about"
• S: (v) bumble, stutter, stammer, falter (speak haltingly) "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"