dubitation

The process of doubting or the state of being in doubt; hesitation, uncertainty.

I … Alle that my progenitouris hath … seyn, ffeythfully beleve withowtyn alle dubytacion.

The Chamæleon [...] eftir sum dubitatioun come to Striueling.

A thing to be doubted; a matter that calls for doubt.

The trewe inuocacion of God thorow Cryst, thei haue turned it into a dowtfull dubitacion.

A pang or expression of doubt.

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.