caution cautious cautiousness dalliance dallying dawdling delaying demurring diffidence diffident dilatoriness dilatory dillydallying dragging equivocation falter faltering fluctuating fluctuation hesitance hesitancy hesitant hesitating hesitation jibbing lag lagging lingering loitering lollygagging oscillating oscillation oscillatory pendulating pendulation procrastination procrastinative procrastinatory scrupling shilly-shally sticking stickling straining tarrying tentative tentativeness timid vacillating vacillation vacillatory wavering wobbling wobbly