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Meaning of demur
noun
- Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
verb
- 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 Example: I demur to that statement.
- To interpose a demurrer.
- To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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