demurring

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

    โ€œI demur to that statement.โ€

  4. 4

    To interpose a demurrer.

  5. 5

    To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about

  6. 6

    To cause delay to; to put off

noun
  1. 1

    Demurral

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demur, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demurring