dubitation

noun3

1. •
   A pang or expression of doubt.

   • Altercations, disputations and dubitations of, in and about Mystic Theologie. — 1683
2. •
   (no longer used) 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. — 1841
3. •
   (no longer used) 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. — 1545