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How to pronounce hesitated:

Synonyms for hesitated:

debated
dithered
faltered
halted
hung back
paused
scrupled
staggered
swayed
vacillated
wabbled
waited
wavered

Antonyms for hesitated:

adjudged
adjudicated
agreed on
agreed to
arbitrated
assigned
authorised
authorized
cinched
clinched
concluded
confirmed
decided on
decreed
deemed
designated
determined
figured out
finalised
finalized
fixed upon
judged
nailed down
named
ordained
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