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Demur

/dɪˈmɜː/

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

📖 Definitions of "Demur"

noun
  1. 1

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

verb
  1. 1

    To linger; to stay; to tarry

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

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

    "I demur to that statement."

  4. 4

    To interpose a demurrer.

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