[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way:Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.", "to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.", "to move unsteadily; stumble."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to utter hesitatingly or brokenly:to falter an apology."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.", "a faltering sound."]}]