as in hesitation
                                      
              
          
                                                      a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action                                       
              
                             when it's so clear that this is the right thing to do, there's no excuse for faltering                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in hesitating
                                                
              
          
                                                      to show uncertainty about the right course of action                                       
              
                             William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in trembling
                                                
              
          
                                                      to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side                                       
              
                             the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground                         
                
                                                                                                                                
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as in wobbly
                                                                                                                                                    
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