demurred; demurring
1
: the act or an instance of objecting : protest
rather than be brought into court he will pay without demur—G. B. Shaw
2
: hesitation (as in doing or accepting) usually based on doubt of the acceptability of something offered or proposed
after some delay and demur, the door grudgingly turned on its hinges—Charles Dickens
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