demur

Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.

To linger; to stay; to tarry

To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk

“I demur to that statement.”

To interpose a demurrer.

To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about

To cause delay to; to put off