dubitation

1. (uncountable, archaic) The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.Examples: "I … Alle that my progenitouris hath … seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion."; "The Chamæleon [...] eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling."; "All my dubitation and distress were gone, for I had something to do, although what I could not yet tell."Synonyms: doubtfulnessarchaicuncountableusually

2. (countable, obsolete) A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.Examples: "The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion."countableobsoleteusually

3. (countable) A pang or expression of doubt.Examples: "Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie."; "[T]he deep earnest soul of the man had fallen into all manner of black scruples, dubitations; he believed himself likely to die soon, and far worse than die."; "Poor William Wylder had those special troubles which haunt nervous temperaments and speculative minds, when under the solemn influence of religion. [...] These terrors and dubitations are infections."countableusually